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Authors: Eric Schlosser

“Report of Missile Accident Investigation: Major Missile Accident, Titan II Complex 533-7, Assigned to 381st Strategic Missile Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas,” Conducted at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, September 22–October 10, 1978.

“A Report to the National Security Council by the Executive Secretary on Basic National Security Policy,” NSC 162/2, October 30, 1953 (
TOP SECRET
/declassified).

“The Report of the Nuclear Weapons Safety Panel,” Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, 101st Congress, Second Session, December 18, 1990.

“Report of the Panel on Nuclear Weapons Safety of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, 101st Congress, Second Session,” Sidney D. Drell, Chairman; John S. Foster, Jr.; and Charles H. Townes, December 1990.

“Report on Recent False Alerts from the Nation's Missile Warning System,” United States Senate, Committee on Armed Services, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, October 9, 1980.

“Report of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management, Phase I: The Air Force's Nuclear Mission,” James A. Blackwell, Jr., Executive Director, September 2008.

_____, “Phase II: Review of the DoD Nuclear Mission,” James A. Blackwell, Jr., Executive Director, December 2008.

“Report on the Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons,” Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., February 2008.

“Report of USAF Aerospace Safety Missile Accident Investigation Board, Missile Accident LGM-25C-62-006, Site 373-4,” Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, August 9, 1965.

“Requirements for Tactical Nuclear Weapons,” Special Studies Group, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Project 23, October 1962 (
TOP SECRET
/
RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“Rescue Mission Report, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Special Operations Review Group, July 16, 1979.

“Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat,” Task Force Report, Defense Science Board, Department of Defense, January 2013.

“Restricted Data Declassification Decisions, 1946 to the Present,” RDD-8, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Health, Safety, and Security, Office of Classification, January 1, 2002 (
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
/declassified).

“Retaliatory Issues for the U.S. Strategic Forces,” Congressional Budget Office, June 1978.

“A Review of Criticality Accidents,” William R. Stratton, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, LA-3611, January 1967.

“A Review of Criticality Accidents,” Thomas P. McLaughlin, Sean P. Monahan, Norman L. Pruvost, Vladimir V. Frolov, Boris G. Ryazanov, and Victor I. Sviridov, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LA-13638, May 2000.

“A Review of the US Nuclear Weapon Safety Program—1945 to 1986,” R. N. Brodie, Sandia National Laboratories, SAND86-2955, February 1987 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“The SAC Alert Program, 1956–1959,” Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, January 1960 (
SECRET
/declassified), NSA.

“Security of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Overseas: Where Does It Stand?,” Comptroller General of the United States, Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services, Committee on Govermental Affairs, United States Senate, General Accounting Office, C-EMD-81-2, November 3, 1980.

“The Security of Nuclear Weapons in Pakistan,” Shaun Gregory, Pakistan Security Research Unit, Brief Number 22, November 18, 2007.

“Selection and Use of Strategic Bases,” A. J. Wohlstetter, F. S. Hoffman, R. J. Lutz, and H. S. Rowen, U.S. Air Force Project RAND, R-266, April 1954 (
SECRET
/declassified).

“Shots Encore to Climax: The Final Four Tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series, 8 May–4 June 1953,” United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.

“60th Anniversary of Trinity: First Manmade Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945,” Public Symposium, National Academy of Sciences, July 14, 2005.

“Source Book on Plutonium and Its Decontamination,” F. C. Cobb and R. L. Van Hemert, Field Command, Kirtland AFB, Defense Nuclear Agency, DNA 3272T, September 24, 1973.

“Soviet Intentions 1965–1985, Volume I: An Analytical Comparison of U.S.–Soviet Assessments During the Cold War,” J. G. Hines, E. M. Mishulovich, and J. F. Shull, BDM Federal Inc., September 22, 1995 (declassified), NSA.

“Soviet Intentions 1965–1985, Volume II: Soviet Post-Cold War Testimonial Evidence,” J. G. Hines, E. M. Mishulovich, and J. F. Shull, BDM Federal, Inc., September 22, 1995 (declassified), NSA.

“A Soviet Paramilitary Attack on U.S. Nuclear Forces—A Concept,” L. G. Gref, A. L. Latter, E. A. Martinelli, and H. P. Smith, R & D Associates, Prepared for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, November 1974 (
SECRET
/declassified).

“Status of the Air Force Nuclear Security Roadmap,” Brigadier General Everett H. Thomas, Commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Presentation to the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, House of Representatives, 111th Congress, January 21, 2010.

“Status of the MX Missile System,” Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, May 1, 1980.

“Strategic Air Command and the Alert Program: A Brief History,” Dr. Henry M. Narducci, Office of the Historian, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, April 1, 1988.

“Strategic Air Command Operations in the Cuban Crisis of 1962,” Historical Study, Vol. 1, No. 90, February 1963 (
TOP SECRET
/
RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified), NSA.

“Strategic Air Command Participation in the Missile Program, 1 January 1958–30 June 1958,” Historical Study No. 72, Historical Division, Office of Information, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, 1958 (
SECRET
/declassified).

“Strategic Command, Control, and Communications: Alternative Approaches for Modernization,” a CBO Study, Congressional Budget Office, October 1981.

“Strategic Warning System False Alerts,” Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, June 24, 1980.

“Striking First, Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy,” Karl P. Mueller, Jasen J. Castillo, Forrest E. Morgan, Negeen Pegahi, and Brian Rosen, RAND, Project Air Force, Santa Monica, California, 2006.

“A Study on Evaluation of Warhead Safing Devices,” Headquarters, Field Command, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, FC/03580460, March 31, 1958 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“Subject: Report of Special Weapons Incident [W 40] Bomarc Site, McGuire AFB, New Jersey,” Detachment 6, 2702D Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, USAF, to 2702 EOD Sq, Wright-Patterson AFB, June 13, 1960 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“A Summary of NASA and USAF Hypergolic Propellant Related Spills and Fires,” B. M. Nufer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA/TP-2009-214769, June 2009.

“A Summary of the Program to Use Environmental Sensing Devices to Improve Handling Safety Protection for Nuclear Weapons,” William L. Stevens and C. Herman Mauney, Sandia Corporation, July 1961 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“A Survey of Nuclear Weapon Safety Problems and the Possibilities for Increasing Safety in Bomb and Warhead Design,” Prepared by Sandia Corporation with the Advice and Assistance of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the University of California Ernest O. Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, RS 3466/26889, February 1959 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“Survey of Weapon Development and Technology” (WR708), Sandia National Laboratories, Corporate Training and Development, February 1998 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“Tech Area II: A History,” Rebecca Ullrich, Sandia National Laboratories, SAND98-1617, July 1998.

“Thule-2003—Investigation of Radioactive Contamination,” Sven P. Nielsen and Per Roos, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, Risø-R-1549(EN), May 2006.

“Titan II Action Item Status Reports,” Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, August 1, 1982.

“Titan II Class A Mishap Report: Serial Number 62-0006, 18 September 1980, Damascus, Arkansas,” Eighth Air Force Mishap Investigation Board, October 30, 1980.

“Titan II Launch Facility Accident Briefing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas,” Charles F. Strang, Minutes of the Ninth Explosives Safety Seminar, Naval Training Center, San Diego, California, August 15–17, 1967.

“Titan II Storable Propellant Handbook,” Bell Aerosystems Company, Prepared for Air Force Ballistic Systems Division, March 1963.

“Titan II Weapon System: Review Group Report,” December 1980.

“Transforming the Security Classification System,” Report to the President from the Public Interest Declassification Board, November 2012.

“Trimming Nuclear Excess: Options for Further Reductions of U.S. and Russian Nuclear Forces,” Hans M. Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists, Special Report No. 5, December 2012.

“The Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons and Mistaken Shipment of Classified Missile Components: An Assessment,” Michelle Spencer, A. Ludin, H. Nelson, The Counterproliferation Papers, Future Warfare Series No. 56, USAF Counterproliferation Center, January 2012.

“The Unique Signal Concept for Detonation Safety in Nuclear Weapons,” Stanley D. Spray, and J. A. Cooper, System Studies Department, Sandia National Laboraties, SAND91-1269, June 1993.

“United States Air Force Missile Accident Investigation Board Report, Minuteman III Launch Facility A06, 319 Missile Sq., 90 Op. Group, 90 Missile Wing, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, May 23, 2008,” Robert M. Walker, President, Accident Investigation Board, September 18, 2008.

“United States Defense Policies in 1961,” House Document No. 502, Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, June 7, 1962.

“United States High-Altitude Test Experiences: A Review Emphasizing the Impact on the Environment,” Herman Hoerlin, LASL Monograph, Los Alamos National Laboratory, October 1976.

“United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 Through September 1992,” United States Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, December 2000.

“USAF Ballistic Missiles, 1958–1959,” Max Rosenberg, USAF Historical Division Liaison Office, July 1960 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified), NSA.

“USAF Ballistic Missile Programs, 1962–1964,” Bernard C. Nalty, USAF Historical Division Liaison Office, April 1966 (
TOP SECRET
/
RESTRICTED DATA/
declassified), NSA.

———“1964–1966,” March 1967 (
TOP SECRET
/
RESTRICTED DATA/
declassified), NSA.

“USAF Ballistic Missile Programs, 1969–1970,” Jacob Neufeld, Office of Air Force History, June 1971 (
TOP SECRET
/
RESTRICTED DATA/
declassified), NSA.

“USAF Mishap Report, Parking Spot A-10, Grand Forks Air Force Base,” Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force, September 29, 1980.

“The U.S. ICBM Force: Current Issues and Future Options,” C. H. Builder, D. C. Kephart, A. Laupa, a Report Prepared for U.S. Air Force Project RAND, R-1754-PR, October 1975 (
SECRET/FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified), NSA.

“U.S. Strategic Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence,” C. Johnston Conover, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, August 1977.

“U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe After NATO's Lisbon Summit: Why Their Withdrawal Is Desirable and Feasible,” Tom Sauer and Bob Van Der Zwaan, Discussion Paper No. 2011-015, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, 2011.

“The View from Above: High-Level Decisions and the Soviet-American Strategic Arms Competition, 1945–1950, “Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., with the collaboration of Steven L. Rearden, Office of the Secretary of Defense, October 1975 (
TOP SECRET
/declassified).

“Vulnerability Program Summary: Joint DOD-AEC Weapon Vulnerability Program,” Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, FC/010 May 1958 (
SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA
/declassified).

“Weapon System Familiarization, LGM-25 (Titan II),” Course O7R1821F/3121F, Technical Training, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, January 1965.

“WSEG Report No. 50, Evaluation of Strategic Offensive Weapons System, Weapons System Evaluation Group, ODDR&E, December 27, 1960 (
TOP SECRET
/declassified), NSA 00422.

“The Worldwide Military Command and Control System: A Historical Perspective (1960–1977),” Historical Division, Joint Secretariat, Joint Chiefs of Staff, September 1980 (
SECRET
/declassified).

“The World Wide Military Command and Control System—Major Changes Needed in Its Automated Data Processing Management and Direction,” Comptroller General of the United States, Report to the Congress, General Accounting Office, December 14, 1979.

“Worldwide Survey of Alcohol and Nonmedical Drug Use Among Military Personnel: 1982,” R. M. Bray, L. L. Guess, R. E. Mason, R. L. Hubbard, D. G. Smith, M. E. Marsden, and J. V. Rachel, Research Triangle Institute, July 1983.

“The Yields of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Explosions,” John Malik, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LA-8819, September 1985.

Journal Articles

Adamsky, Viktor, and Yuri Smirnov. “Moscow's Biggest Bomb: The 50-Megaton Test of October 1961,”
Cold War International History Project Bulletin
, Issue 4, Fall 1994.

Allard, Dean C. “Interservice Differences in the United States, 1945–1950—A Naval Perspective,”
Airpower Journal
, Winter 1989.

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