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We had ICBM's before 1970. It was dropping too many that killed it. Like 4 on Spain. Solid-fueled missiles didn't help ease the fear over a first strike much;

We had ICBM's before 1970. It was dropping too many that killed it. Like 4 on Spain. Solid-fueled missiles didn't help ease the fear over a first strike much; they're still vulnerable.

ceejayoz 10y ago
The Minuteman entered service in 1962, and the long-lived Minuteman III entered service in 1968 - same exact year Operation Chrome Dome ended. It became pretty clear that ICBMs were a lot more effective than trying to get a B-52 through Soviet air defense.
- CapitalistCartr 10y ago
  Nukes stopped being carried in 1969. Missiles were common well before then, as you point out. International incidents, especially Spain, were the driving factor. Chrome Dome was one name of a series of such routines designed to intimidate the Soviets. "Head Start, Hard Head, Round Robin, and Operation Giant Lance" from Wikipedia. It turned out the risks exceeded the benefit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome Here is a quote from http://www.nukestrat.com/dk/alert.htm http://www.nukestrat.com/dk/alert.htm. "Airborne Alert Aircraft carried a variety of nuclear bombs. The bomber involved in the 1968-crash carried four B28 thermonuclear bombs." "Following the accident in 1968 and the nuclear scandal, the carrying of nuclear weapons on Airborne Alert Indoctrination flights was discontinued. The day after the accident, Strategic Air Command ordered the nuclear weapons removed from airborne alert aircraft. In December 1969, when SAC briefed the Danish military liaison at Thule Air Base about the 1969 Thule Monitor mission, the flight route avoided Greenland airspace even though the aircraft no longer carried nuclear weapons. This was also the case in 1971 for the Giant Lance routes (see right-hand bar): Greenland airspace was avoided."

We had ICBM's before 1970. It was dropping too many that killed it. Like 4 on Spain. Solid-fueled missiles didn't help ease the fear over a first strike much; they're still vulnerable.

ceejayoz 10y ago

The Minuteman entered service in 1962, and the long-lived Minuteman III entered service in 1968 - same exact year Operation Chrome Dome ended. It became pretty clear that ICBMs were a lot more effective than trying to get a B-52 through Soviet air defense.

CapitalistCartr 10y ago
Nukes stopped being carried in 1969. Missiles were common well before then, as you point out. International incidents, especially Spain, were the driving factor. Chrome Dome was one name of a series of such routines designed to intimidate the Soviets. "Head Start, Hard Head, Round Robin, and Operation Giant Lance" from Wikipedia. It turned out the risks exceeded the benefit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome Here is a quote from http://www.nukestrat.com/dk/alert.htm http://www.nukestrat.com/dk/alert.htm. "Airborne Alert Aircraft carried a variety of nuclear bombs. The bomber involved in the 1968-crash carried four B28 thermonuclear bombs." "Following the accident in 1968 and the nuclear scandal, the carrying of nuclear weapons on Airborne Alert Indoctrination flights was discontinued. The day after the accident, Strategic Air Command ordered the nuclear weapons removed from airborne alert aircraft. In December 1969, when SAC briefed the Danish military liaison at Thule Air Base about the 1969 Thule Monitor mission, the flight route avoided Greenland airspace even though the aircraft no longer carried nuclear weapons. This was also the case in 1971 for the Giant Lance routes (see right-hand bar): Greenland airspace was avoided."