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u/William_Dowling · 160 pointsr/politics

a) it's not two people, it's one, the President. Worth reading, if you want to know the truly terrifying reality of this

b) "...the airforce would likely mutiny" well, that's just dandy then, no point worrying about any of it or trying to change anything.

u/Ue-MistakeNot · 2 pointsr/AskHistorians

Command and Control is a good one to read as well, covers the development of nukes, their use, strategy as it changed throughout the cold war etc.

u/SpeedflyChris · 2 pointsr/worldnews

> Only if it has to be assumed that they are actually obsolete (as in practically dysfunctional).

Or exceedingly dangerous.

I just got done reading "Command and Control" which delves pretty deeply into the topic of nuclear weapons safety, and the risk of accidental detonation, theft etc that affected a lot of early systems and even some used up until the very recent past. Modernising weapons systems doesn't necessarily mean simply to make them more destructive.

u/gambiting · 1 pointr/todayilearned

Command and Control by Eric Schlosser has an entire chapter about this, and this guy has an exemplary list of sources, literally a quarter of that book is just devoted to listing his sources and describing how and when he found them.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Control-Eric-Schlosser/dp/0141037911

u/Gusfoo · 1 pointr/coldwar

I've just finished "Command And Control" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Control-Eric-Schlosser/dp/0141037911/ which is pretty engaging and very interesting. It covers the period from Trinity to the 80s. I also very much enjoyed "The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolution-Nuclear-Strategy-L-Freedman/dp/0333972392/ which covers the game theory side of how things developed during the arms races.

u/ScriptLife · 1 pointr/explainlikeimfive

> But does the sheer number of missiles and bombs contribute any form of danger?

Yes. Each warhead has a statistical probability of being set off unintentionally. This varies depending on different conditions, such as impacts, fires, incorrect servicing/maintenance, etc. but a probability is still there. So it follows that an increase in the number of warheads will contribute to an increase in the statistical probability that one will go off unintentionally.

There's a really good book on nuclear safety called Command and Control that you may enjoy. It was rather eye opening.

u/rworsl · 1 pointr/todayilearned

The missile itself did detonate, but the fail safes on the warhead stopped any kind of nuclear explosion from occurring.

This book covers the story in good detail as well as other incidents involving the US nuclear arsenal. It's actually really worrying how close it has gotten several times, such as in the 1961 Goldsboro incident, when one single mechanical switch stopped a nuclear detonation from happening

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Control-Eric-Schlosser/dp/0141037911