[Hardraade]

A spokesman for the command says investigators believe a faulty circuit board at a control center was to blame. The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas, says experts found that the same type of part failed at two other Air Force missile control centers in the late 1990s.

So, if that is the case, it should be all of two minutes work to verify.

Right?

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

You are correct. I feel this is a bigger problem.

[az_gila]

"A spokesman for the command says investigators believe a faulty circuit board at a control center was to blame. The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas, says experts found that the same type of part failed at two other Air Force missile control centers in the late 1990s."

So, if that is the case, it should be all of two minutes work to verify.

Right?

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Depends how old the boards are...

Perhaps they had to go and use an E-Bay “Buy-it-now” auction to get replacements, just like NASA had to for some of their old equipment...:^)

[AF_Blue]

It depends on WHERE the faulty circuit board is PHYSICALLY located. If it is located at the launch facility, it's probably going to be a couple of hours drive to get to it. I'm guessing the duration of lost contact was spent spinning up the secondary comm system.