Iraq strike: Three CALCMs didn't fire, one fell into Gulf

At least four of the 13 Air Force cruise missiles launched at Iraq on Sept. 3 malfunctioned and didn't proceed to their targets, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday. Three of the Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles couldn't be launched from two B-52H bombers - each was loaded with eight CALCMs...

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