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Re:United States Discloses Nuclear Warhead Numbers; Restores... by sillywalk on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @12:16AM (#41042433)
The Damascus Incident[0]. There's a book called Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser that details the incident, and a PBS based on the book about it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus_Titan_missile_ex...

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Re:United States Discloses Nuclear Warhead Numbers; Restores... by knappe on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @01:42AM (#41042872)
I was hoping this book would be a recommended. It really, really focused, reinforced is really not the right word to use here, my views on nuclear weapons.

This should be required reading.

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