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Minuteman Missile Sites
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Cold War |
ISBN | : UOM:39015053926179 |
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The Missile Next Door
Author | : Gretchen Heefner |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2012-09-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674067462 |
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In the 1960s the Air Force buried 1,000 ICBMs in pastures across the Great Plains to keep U.S. nuclear strategy out of view. As rural civilians of all political stripes found themselves living in the Soviet crosshairs, a proud Plains individualism gave way to an economic dependence on the military-industrial complex that still persists today.
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site South Dakota
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Historic sites |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02533420L |
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Minuteman Missile Sites
Author | : National Park Service,Ellsworth Air Force Base |
Publsiher | : WWW.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2010-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1907521674 |
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Both as a key source on the history and development of a once classified military site and as a charter document for what is today the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, "Minuteman Missile Sites" represents a unique aspect of America's treatment of its Cold War legacy.
Minuteman Missile Sites
Author | : National Park Service |
Publsiher | : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2010-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1839310189 |
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Minuteman
Author | : David Stumpf |
Publsiher | : University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | : 595 |
Release | : 2021-02-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781682261545 |
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In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation. Although its nuclear warhead may have lacked power relative to that of the Titan II, the Minuteman more than made up for this in terms of numbers and readiness to launch—making it the ultimate ICBM. Minuteman offers a fascinating look at the technological breakthroughs necessary to field this weapon system that has served as a powerful component of the strategic nuclear triad for more than half a century. With exacting detail, Stumpf examines the construction of launch and launch control facilities; innovations in solid propellant, lightweight inertial guidance systems, and lightweight reentry vehicle development; and key flight tests and operational flight programs—all while situating the Minuteman program in the context of world events. In doing so, the author reveals how the historic missile has adapted to changing defense strategies—from counterforce to mutually assured destruction to sufficiency.
The Missile Next Door
Author | : Gretchen Heefner |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2012-09-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674070882 |
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Between 1961 and 1967 the United States Air Force buried 1,000 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in pastures across the Great Plains. The Missile Next Door tells the story of how rural Americans of all political stripes were drafted to fight the Cold War by living with nuclear missiles in their backyards—and what that story tells us about enduring political divides and the persistence of defense spending. By scattering the missiles in out-of-the-way places, the Defense Department kept the chilling calculus of Cold War nuclear strategy out of view. This subterfuge was necessary, Gretchen Heefner argues, in order for Americans to accept a costly nuclear buildup and the resulting threat of Armageddon. As for the ranchers, farmers, and other civilians in the Plains states who were first seduced by the economics of war and then forced to live in the Soviet crosshairs, their sense of citizenship was forever changed. Some were stirred to dissent. Others consented but found their proud Plains individualism giving way to a growing dependence on the military-industrial complex. Even today, some communities express reluctance to let the Minutemen go, though the Air Force no longer wants them buried in the heartland. Complicating a red state/blue state reading of American politics, Heefner’s account helps to explain the deep distrust of government found in many western regions, and also an addiction to defense spending which, for many local economies, seems inescapable.
The Future of the U S Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force
Author | : Lauren Caston,Robert S. Leonard,Christopher A. Mouton,Chad J. R. Ohlandt,S. Craig Moore,Raymond E. Conley,Glenn Buchan |
Publsiher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780833076267 |
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The authors assess alternatives for a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) across a broad set of potential characteristics and situations. They use the current Minuteman III as a baseline to develop a framework to characterize alternative classes of ICBMs, assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives, and weigh those alternatives against their cost.