Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine
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Author: Douglas C. Waller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 336
In this text, "TIME" magazine correspondent, Douglas C. Waller penetrates one of the most secretive worlds in the US military - a Trident nuclear submarine with its 24 strategic missiles and more than 120 nuclear warheads. The Cold War may be over but the US Navy still has Tridents lurking under the oceans, always ready at a moment's notice to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Granted the most access any journalist has ever had to these awesome war machines, Waller takes you aboard one of the Tridents, the USS Nebraska, for a tension-packed, three-month patrol under the Atlantic Ocean. In chilling detail, this book reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III - the secret codes, the elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, the highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. You'll learn of the extraordinary security measures that protect the deadliest weapons in the world - even from the submariners who handle them. You should also come to know intimately the men of the Nebraska, who are still willing to end life as we know it on this planet if the President orders them to do so.
Author: Douglas C. Waller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 336
In this text, "TIME" magazine correspondent, Douglas C. Waller penetrates one of the most secretive worlds in the US military - a Trident nuclear submarine with its 24 strategic missiles and more than 120 nuclear warheads. The Cold War may be over but the US Navy still has Tridents lurking under the oceans, always ready at a moment's notice to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Granted the most access any journalist has ever had to these awesome war machines, Waller takes you aboard one of the Tridents, the USS Nebraska, for a tension-packed, three-month patrol under the Atlantic Ocean. In chilling detail, this book reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III - the secret codes, the elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, the highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. You'll learn of the extraordinary security measures that protect the deadliest weapons in the world - even from the submariners who handle them. You should also come to know intimately the men of the Nebraska, who are still willing to end life as we know it on this planet if the President orders them to do so.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Douglas C. Waller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 336
In this text, "TIME" magazine correspondent, Douglas C. Waller penetrates one of the most secretive worlds in the US military - a Trident nuclear submarine with its 24 strategic missiles and more than 120 nuclear warheads. The Cold War may be over but the US Navy still has Tridents lurking under the oceans, always ready at a moment's notice to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Granted the most access any journalist has ever had to these awesome war machines, Waller takes you aboard one of the Tridents, the USS Nebraska, for a tension-packed, three-month patrol under the Atlantic Ocean. In chilling detail, this book reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III - the secret codes, the elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, the highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. You'll learn of the extraordinary security measures that protect the deadliest weapons in the world - even from the submariners who handle them. You should also come to know intimately the men of the Nebraska, who are still willing to end life as we know it on this planet if the President orders them to do so.
Author: Douglas C. Waller
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 336
In this text, "TIME" magazine correspondent, Douglas C. Waller penetrates one of the most secretive worlds in the US military - a Trident nuclear submarine with its 24 strategic missiles and more than 120 nuclear warheads. The Cold War may be over but the US Navy still has Tridents lurking under the oceans, always ready at a moment's notice to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Granted the most access any journalist has ever had to these awesome war machines, Waller takes you aboard one of the Tridents, the USS Nebraska, for a tension-packed, three-month patrol under the Atlantic Ocean. In chilling detail, this book reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III - the secret codes, the elaborate fail-safe mechanisms, the highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. You'll learn of the extraordinary security measures that protect the deadliest weapons in the world - even from the submariners who handle them. You should also come to know intimately the men of the Nebraska, who are still willing to end life as we know it on this planet if the President orders them to do so.
Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine
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