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Reddit mentions of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

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Found 14 comments on Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults):

u/tinian_circus · 10 pointsr/AskHistorians

As far as American system goes, you first need an Emergency Action Message, then the code to the warhead (which may be in the above message or in a sub's case stored aboard in a safe that no single person can open - but I'm not too clear on that part).

I just finished reading Command & Control and quite recommend it for more background.

u/Rostin · 9 pointsr/HistoryPorn

I just finished reading a pretty interesting book about the history of nuclear weapons near-misses called Command and Control. According to it, no one was hurt or killed during the test, although it emphasizes that this may have been largely due to luck. The night before the test, Oppenheimer suddenly became concerned about the possibility of sabotage, so he tasked a young scientist to sit with the bomb. The whole thing was more of a science experiment than an engineered device, and the firing mechanism, called the X-unit, was known by its designer to be susceptible to accidental discharge. There were thunderstorms in the area that night, and the scientist sat up with with the bomb, fully armed, for several hours before it was decided that it was too risky for him to stay up there with it.

A few people were killed during the course of the Manhattan Project, one or two because of accidents involving radiation.

u/SilentD · 6 pointsr/AirForce

I haven't read it yet, but I'm guessing this book would have some information that is helpful to you: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594202273/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2A0IIW9QDD78R&coliid=I2SB775ZY7611Y

You won't get many serious answers here because

  1. Most people don't know the answer to your question.

  2. Those that do know that it could be an OPSEC violation to share it.

    The specifics of how our nuclear arsenal are employed or used are obviously quite sensitive and controlled.
u/NukeGandhi · 5 pointsr/todayilearned

"Almsot happened" is by no means a stretch. This book goes into a bunch of different times nuclear war was almost started.

u/drundge · 4 pointsr/IAmA

It's a completely different field (weapons vs. propulsion), but have you heard about this book by Eric Schlosser? I've been curious to pick it up. Do you ever consider poor management from the top down that could lead to an accident?

u/godless_communism · 3 pointsr/pics

You might enjoy this new book from Eric Schlosser (author of Reefer Madness and Fast Food Nation): http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/1594202273/

u/liverandeggsandmore · 2 pointsr/todayilearned

Early excerpts that hit the press already gave Schlosser's book some good buzz.

The good news is that it really lives up to its advance billing. And Schlosser's telling of the Damascus incident that's mentioned in the subtitle will leave you rapt.

Here's an excerpt from the publisher.

And here's a helpful review by Louis Menand at The New Yorker.

u/GradyHendrix · 2 pointsr/movies

I just finished reading Command & Control about the history of America's nuclear weapons and the safety issues and fears of accidental launch that surrounded them. Watched Strangelove right after and it was funnier and scarier and very different than I remembered.

TL;DR - if you want the novel rush of the new you get when you switch which hand you jerk off with, read Command & Control before rewatching Strangelove.

u/jimjamAK · 2 pointsr/worldnews

We literally had airborne alert through almost the entire cold war, loaded up with nukes, flying flight plans that kept them within striking distance of their targets. ICBMs kind of made this redundant, and a number of pretty high profile incidents made it obvious it wasn't a good idea.

We also had airborne command and control aircraft in the skies at all time. Look up Project Looking Glass for info on that one. Before the airborne plane could land, another one elsewhere had to be in the air.

A good book on the nuclear situation during the cold war is "Command and Control" by Eric Schlosser. I highly recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/1594202273

u/thomascirca · 1 pointr/todayilearned

This is mentioned in a great book called "Command and Control" by Eric Schlosser that goes into this stuff a bit more. Definitely worth a read.

u/krenzo · 1 pointr/worldnews

If everyone thinks you have the capability when you really don't, that's just as effective as having the capability. A significant amount of nuclear weapons wouldn't have functioned correctly during the Cold War, but the other side didn't know that and had to regard them as a valid threat. See the Jupiter missiles in Turkey, and the Polaris missiles based on SSBNs. Source

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