Word: sac
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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FICTION: All the trouble is caused because one of six "fail-safe machines" in SAC's Omaha headquarters has blown a condenser...
FACT: Under the system actually in operation, if SAC bombers ever got as far as their fail-safe points, they would fly singly to separate points and arrive at different times...
...chemist enjoyed preaching that science is above national politics. But he had a pragmatic side: in 1958, a fellow Russian remarked that what he feared most was an accidental and irresponsible attack on Russia by the U.S., and Topchiev grinned back: "What I fear most is responsible bombing by SAC...
...Conversion of 20 more KC-1355 and four 6-473 to build up the Strategic Air Command's own force of airborne control centers. Since last February, SAC has kept one of three such centers constantly...
...Skybolt's advocates insist on comparing their bird with Minuteman and Polaris, claim its critics, they are on shaky ground. Skybolt is more elusive than a land missile only when it is airborne. But the cost of keeping a B-52 fleet aloft is immense -and a SAC base is a much softer target than a hardened silo. A nuclear submarine may move slowly, but it can be deployed within striking range of its targets for months without refueling and at low cost...