Schlosser, Eric, frey50
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Print Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Eric Schlosser. - New York Penguin Press 2013 - xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm Hardback book.
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.
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.
9781594202278 (hbk.) : 1594202273 (hbk.) 9781594202278 (hbk.) :
2013017151
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--Arkansas
Titan (Missile)--History.
Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States.
363.1/990976774 Sch 9
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Print Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Eric Schlosser. - New York Penguin Press 2013 - xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm Hardback book.
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.
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.
9781594202278 (hbk.) : 1594202273 (hbk.) 9781594202278 (hbk.) :
2013017151
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--Arkansas
Titan (Missile)--History.
Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States.
363.1/990976774 Sch 9