Word: sacs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Safeguards. Under Minuteman's failsafe system, an order to fire flashes from the President to Strategic Air Command headquarters at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base. High SAC officers throw a switch that opens an electronic lock on the missile flight. They call the two control officers. The two, sitting 15 ft. apart, pick up separate telephones to receive, decode and authenticate the orders. Each must agree that it is a valid command. They go through a launch sequence in unison, break lead seals on their console buttons. The birds still will not fire until another...
...same time, SAC greatly increased the number of B-52 bombers-usually about 50%-on 15-minute ground alert. Dozens of SAC's B-52s fully armed with nuclear bombs flew 24-hour alerts; none was allowed to land until its replacement was in the air. And a special alert went out to most of the crews of the U.S.'s 156 operational intercontinental ballistic missiles (102 Atlases and 54 Titan I missiles...
...Guam. SAC. Also Navy facilities...
Canada. Six Air Force bases- two SAC, four ADC. Also, a Navy station at Argentia, Nfld...
Puerto Rico. SAC...