Command and control nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety
"Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking account of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since...
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New York, New York :
The Penguin Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
