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Able Archer 83, 448–49

A-bomb.
See
Atomic bomb

“Acceptable Military Risks from Accidental Detonation of Atomic Weapons,” 171–72

Accident prevention

Burned Board briefing, 369–70, 376–77

control boxes, new, 441

Fowler Letter, 333–34, 369–70

insensitive high explosives for, 332, 471

military/bureaucratic resistance to, 173–74, 264, 313–14, 333–34, 370–73, 440, 471

permissive action links (PALs) for, xxi, 263–65, 293, 298, 313, 371, 440–41, 466–67

Peurifoy's activities, 196–97, 320, 331–33, 372–77, 440–41

postaccident weapons assessment for, 374

retrofitting old weapons, 333–34, 370–76, 386, 440, 444, 450, 453

SAC system.
See
Checklists; Standardization; Two-man policy

safety principles (1970) established, 330–32

safety versus reliability argument against, 173–74, 264, 313–14

Sandia program for, 325–31

and supersafe bomb, 331

weak link/strong link safety, 331–32, 372, 377, 449–50, 455–56, 468

Accident Response Group, Titan II accident, 425–27, 432

Accident risks

accidental detonation odds, 325–26

AEC inquiry (1957), 166–70

AFSWP acceptable probabilities, 171–72

and armed weapons, 247–48, 261

common-mode failures, 464

and communication issues, 154, 448

of computer-controlled launch, 450–51

and computer hacking, 475

and dangerous systems, 460–61, 463–64

Drell Panel on Nuclear Weapons Safety, 456

and drug/alcohol use by military, 349–51

of full-scale detonation, 99–100, 163–64, 168, 173, 181, 191, 198, 265, 456

Genie investigation, 163–66

grading of weapons (1991), 456

human error, 25–26, 171, 191, 194, 196, 261, 367–77, 430, 450, 460

and Jupiter missiles, 196–97, 258–60, 290, 329, 465

of launch complex break-in, 230–31

and lightning strike, 41, 43, 222, 328, 329, 376, 436, 474

and maintenance, 104, 160, 436

and Mark 28 bomb, 196–99, 262, 334, 372, 374–77, 384, 440, 464

and Minuteman, 299–301, 311–12, 371, 473–75

most threatening weapons (1977), 376

and NATO nuclear weapons, 258–65, 303, 373, 462

normal accident theory of, 461–63

one-point safety, 163–64, 172, 197–98, 322–23

and plutonium spread, 164, 166, 170, 262, 332, 456, 464, 471

and psychological disorders, 192–94, 359–60

RAND reports on, 121–22, 190–96, 264–65

and recycled missiles, 32–33, 103–4

and sabotage, 191–92, 194–97, 260, 303, 355

and SRAMs, 450, 453–55

Titanic Effect, 313

and Titan II.
See
Titan II

and training deficiencies, 5, 23, 89, 160, 261, 338, 366–67

and Trident submarine weapons, 471–72

and U-2 flights, 462–63

USAF safety problems (2003– ), 472–74

warning system flaws, 253–55, 286–87, 290, 365–68

Accidents

and aerial refueling, 314–16

on aircraft carriers, 312

and aircraft malfunction, 167–70, 184–85, 245–49, 262, 307–8, 310–11, 380–85

bomb falls from aircraft, 167–68, 185–88, 191, 246, 308, 316–19, 423

and control boxes, 173, 246, 310–11, 440–41

detonation of bombs, 169–70, 186–87, 322–24

and loading/unloading/movement of weapons, 168, 185

at Los Alamos facility, 94–95

maintenance-related, 56, 160, 309–10, 338–46, 422–23, 449, 475.
See also
Titan II Launch Complex 374-7 accident

Native American terms for, 327

at nuclear power plants, 113, 452, 460

number of (1950–57), 167

number of (1950–68), 327–28

official document on (1957–67), 465

plutonium dispersal from, 185, 249, 309, 316–18, 322–23, 373–74, 384, 430

and ready/safe switch, 246–47, 298, 320, 374

Shrimp YIELD, miscalculation of, 137–40

Soviet R-16 explosion, 269–70

test site misses, 149

and Thor missiles, 308–9

and Titan II.
See
Titan II

during training, 169–70, 191, 310–11, 324, 339–46

uranium versus plutonium, 164

“Accidents and Incidents Involving Nuclear Weapons,” 465

Acheson, Dean, 124, 279

Aderhold, David W., 29

Aerozine-50 rocket fuel, 4

Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 12–13, 367, 444

Agnew, Harold

PALS, 263–65

parachute delivery idea, 134, 258

position of, xvii, 258, 332

weapons safety efforts, 258, 261, 265, 470

Agriculture, and radiation contamination, 139, 318

Airborne alert, 179–81, 188, 190–91, 267, 319–20

end of, 325, 331

Air defense weapons.
See
Antiaircraft missiles

Air Force Accident Investigation Board, 25–26

Air Force Ground Observer Corps, 86

Air Force Reserve, 148–49

Air Force Space Command, 484

Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, 35

Alexander, Bill, 430

Alpha meters, 417, 420

Alternate National Military Command Center, 273

Alvarez, Luis, 41

Amami, Korechika, General, 55

Anderson, Gregory W., Airman, 345

Anderson, James S., Dr., 436

Anderson, John B., 14

Anderson, Orvil, General, 82

Anderson, Roger E., 16

Andropov, Yuri, 446–47, 451

AN/FSQ-7 computers, 153

Anglin, Gus

evacuation order by, 112, 229

and oxidizer trailer leak (1978), 63, 111–12

position as sheriff, xvi, 62–63

Titan II accident response by, 63–64, 112, 419–20, 429

Titan II explosion, 392–94

Antiaircraft missiles

Cuban missile crisis, atomic antiaircraft

Genie, 161–66, 168, 172, 292, 334, 376, 465

Falcon, 292

Nike, 151

rationale for, 161–62

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 358

“Appeal to the Peoples of the World” (Holt), 74

Arab-Israeli War (1973), 358–59

Archies, 49, 135

Arizona, Titan II launch complexes in, 27, 350

Arkansas

Clinton as governor.
See
Clinton, Bill

nuclear power plant accidents in, 113

Titan II accidents in.
See
Titan II Launch Complex 374-4 accident

Titan II launch complexes in, 12, 18–20, 23, 111

Arkansas Office of Emergency Services, 112–13

Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP), 97–98, 125–26, 166

accidents, acceptable probabilities, 171–72

functions of, xix

Arms control.
See also
Disarmament movement

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 358

Bush (George H. W.) efforts, 458

and Carter, 362–64

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 469–70

early military support for, 75, 84–85, 87

Eisenhower test ban, 198–99

Interim Agreement on Certain Measures with Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, 358

Limited Test Ban Treaty, 296

postatomic bomb, 74–75, 77–79

Reagan/Gorbachev efforts, 451–53

Threshold Test Ban Treaty, 358

Army Corps of Engineers, 219

Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” General, 74–75

Arnold, Matthew

Titan II accident response by, 422–23, 426–27, 432

and weapons deactivation, 415–18, 422–23

Aronson, Gerald J., 192

Assured Destruction strategy, 302, 352, 434–35

Atlas missile

problems/dangers of, 182, 222

propellants of, xx, 222

reentry vehicle with, 226

Atomic bomb

arms control efforts, 74–75, 77–79

casualties of, 51–52, 54

creation of.
See
Manhattan Project

film footage of, 134

Japan bombing, 51–55

military versus civilian control issue, 77–78, 87–88

missing specifications for, 96–97

post–World War II tests, 80–81

power, source of, xix, 38–40

Soviet development, 85–86

targeting errors, 53–54, 81–82

types of injuries from, 54

Atomic Demolition Munitions, 256–57

Atomic energy

A-bomb power from, xix, 38–40

national policy formation, 77–79

Atomic Energy Act (1946), 78, 126, 257, 465

Atomic Energy Act (1954), 159, 257

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

authority, scope of, xix, 78–79, 125, 159, 207, 313

end of, 370

Project 56 safety investigation (1955–56), 163–66

weapons safety inquiry by (1957), 166–70

weapon storage sites, 157

Attorney, military.
See
Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)

Ayala, Eric, and Titan II repair, 29, 57–58

B-26 bombers, 86

B-29 bombers

accident rate for, 97

atomic bombing by, 48–51

Soviet copy of, 86

B-36 bombers, 134, 135, 167–68

B-47 bombers, 134, 266, 279

B-52 bombers

and accidents, 191, 245–46, 307–8, 310, 320–22, 375–76, 380–85, 449

age of, 474

in airborne alert, 267–68

bombers, number of (1960), 150

navigator, role of, 378–80

Backpack bomb, 416

Backup crew, xx, 7

Bainbridge, Kenneth, 44

Ball, Desmond, 443

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), xix, 178, 252–53, 286–87

Ban the Bomb, 183

Baran, Paul, 272

Barksdale Air Force Base (Louisiana)

EOD unit at, 418, 422

Strategic Air Command (SAC) chief at, xvii

Titan II accident communication, 59–60

Barnish, Francis R., Technical Sergeant, 246

Barometric switch, 226

Barry, Harold L., Captain, 167–68

Baruch, Bernard, 79

Batzel, Roger, Dr., 384

Bay of Pigs, Cuba, 278

Bendix Aviation Corporation, 100

Benson, Ezra Taft, 155

Bent Spear, 327

B.E. number, xix, 204

Berlin

airlift, 84, 92

Berlin Wall, 283

Soviet blockade, 84, 92, 278–87

Beryllium, 417, 470

Beta meters, 417, 420

Bethe, Hans, 40

Bigham, Robert, First Lieutenant, 307–8

Bikini atoll, 80, 92, 137, 149

Bin Laden, Osama, raid, complexity of, 475–76

Bison bombers, 150

Black Book (SIOP Decisions Handbook), 359–60

Black hat operation, 230–31, 313, 472

Blair, Bruce G., 443, 467

Blast doors

breach at Damascus complex, 59, 67, 116, 214

credit card, opening with, 231

opening with hand pump, 239, 388, 389, 390

operation of, 21–22

PTS faith in, 106, 116, 238

Bleach

as biological/chemical weapon neutralizer, 415

as propellant neutralizer, 107

Blue Danube, 141

Bockscar
, 53

Boeing, xix, 182

Boeschenstein, Harold, 155

Bolshakov, Georgi, 286

BOMARC, xix, 151, 162, 249–50

Bombing Encyclopedia
, 204

Bomb shelters/bunkers, 137, 154–55, 156, 159, 223, 252, 255, 270, 273, 274, 304, 359

British, 156–57

Eisenhower-era construction, 154–56, 369

FCDA High Point, 155–56

Greenbrier Hotel bunker, 156

Kindsbach Cave, 156, 255

message to public, 142–43

Mount Weather, 155–56

NATO bunker, 156

under Pentagon, 274, 303–4

SAC command bunker, 154–55, 252

Site R for U.S. officials, 155, 251–52, 273, 365–66, 368, 442

of Soviet Union, 352

for U.S. president, 155–56, 274, 303–4

Bonesteel, Charles H., General, 198

Boosted weapons, 129, 161.
See also
Genie; Mark 28 bomb

Borchgrave, Arnaud de, 14

Bowling, Russell, Captain, 170

Boylan, Buddy, 401

Bracken, Paul, 443

Bradbury, Norris, 97, 164, 199

Bradley, Omar, General, 87, 124

Braun, Wernher von, 182, 221

Bravo test, 137–41

Brocksmith, Thomas A., Technical Sergeant

maps, lack of, 228–29

position of, xvi, 70

at Titan II accident site, 70, 216, 228–29

Titan II explosion, 396

Broken Arrows, 327, 331, 332, 372, 400, 418, 425, 465–66, 469

Brown, Harold, 251, 363, 424, 483

Brumleve, Thomas, 320

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 367–68

Buchanan, Ivans, Captain, 315

Buchwald, Art, 432

Bundy, McGeorge, 256, 280, 286

Bunkers.
See
Bomb shelters

Bunny suit, 417, 420

Burke, Arleigh, Admiral, 201, 203–4, 250

Burn bot, 103–4

Burned Board briefing, 369–70, 376–77

Bush, George H. W., arms control, 458, 482

Bush, George W.

9/11 chaos, 476

nuclear weapons development, 470, 483

Butler, George Lee, General

ends SAC, 458

SIOP revision by, 456–57

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 445

peace symbol logo, xix, 188

Cannon, atomic, 326–27

Carlson, Carl, xvii, 172–73

Carnahan, Charles E., 235–36

Carter, Bill, 439

Carter, Jimmy

and arms control, 362–64

climate in U.S. during presidency, 13–17, 364

and Clinton, 114–15

countervailing strategy of, 364

military buildup under, 364–65