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Schlosser, Eric, author.
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United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas -- History.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
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Command and control [electronic resource] : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.
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Schlosser, Eric, author.
New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Subjects
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas -- History.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
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9781101638668 (electronic bk.)
1101638664 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (xxiii, 632 pages)
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The Titan. Not good ; New wave ; No lone zone ; Spheres within spheres ; Potential hazards -- Machinery of control. The best, the biggest, and the most ; In violation ; Megadeath -- Accidents will happen. Acceptable risks ; The optimum mix ; Breaking in -- Out of control. Decapitation ; The brink ; An abnormal environment -- Damascus. Balanced and unbalanced ; The wrong tape ; Like hell ; Confirm or deny ; The end.
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Presents a minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident that nearly caused a nuclear disaster, examining other near misses and America's growing susceptibility to a catastrophic event.
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