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In Alaska, soldiers relish role in U.S. missile defense

Soldiers at a missile defense installation in Alaska have seen the base's importance in global politics grown in recent years.

By Justin Mitchell, Reuters April 27, 2018
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FORT GREELY, Alaska — Two hours south of Fairbanks, Alaska, near the starting point of the Alaska highway, sit row upon row of missile silos embedded in the frozen ground in the shadow of snow-capped mountains.

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