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Cold War: Defending the Homeland
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The Threat 1950’s on: Manned Bombers 1960’s on: Ballistic Missiles Land-based ICBM’s initially SLBM’s* added later * Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
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Soviet Bombers Tu-4 Bull Copy of US B-29 Soviet Special Weapon (?) Chinese-operated Tu-4 with turboprop engines and Chinese copy of US AQM-34 Firebee UAV
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Soviet Bombers Tu-95 Bear Max Weight: 400,000 lbs Radius: 7,600 nm FAS
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Soviet Bombers M-4 Bison Max Weight: 365,000 lbs. Radius: 2,500 nm
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Defense Options Deter the Threat: Defeat the Threat: Mitigate the Threat: Effective, secure nuclear forces Active Defenses (aircraft, missiles) Passive Defenses (civil defense, dispersal, continuity of government)
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Active Defense Surface-to-Air Missiles Nike Hercules Point Defense Bomarc Area Defense Warhead: 2 - 40 KT Warhead: 2 KT
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Active Defense 288 site in 30 states San Francisco SAM sites Each missile had a nuclear warhead Variable yield: 2 – 40 KT
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Active Defense Nike Hercules SAM site
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Active Defense Genie rocket (1.7 KT warhead) F-106 Delta Dart F-101B Voodoo Manned Interceptors
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Civil Defense Living With the Bomb
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Survival Under Atomic Attack (1950) ( 9:00) Civil Defense Information
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Civil Defense January 12, 1962
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Civil Defense
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Community shelter supplies
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Civil Defense
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“Duck and cover!”
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Civil Defense Video (9:16)Updated
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Civil Defense
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Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis
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