Tag: Nuclear War

02/03 – Looking Glass

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A USAF EC-130B ABCNP "Looking Glass" aircraft. (Airliners.net) On this day in 1961, the US Air Force launched Looking Glass, a command centre tasked with coordinating the deployment of America's nuclear weapons. The command centre was located on a number of heavily-modified KC-130 aircraft; the ABNCPs (Airborne Command Post), armed with powerful communications systems, rotated…

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01/25 – The Black Brant Scare

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Andøya Rocket Range, site of Black Brant's fateful launch. (Thornews) On this day in 1995 - nearly four years after the end of the Cold War - the Russian Federation came within minutes of launching a nuclear strike on the United States. In the morning of January 25th, a rocket was detected by Russian early-warning…

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