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"Command and Control" had an excellent discussion of the wide variety of ways that icbm fuel and oxidizer will kill you. (It's a truly great piece of journalist
by sdenton4 7y ago
"Command and Control" had an excellent discussion of the wide variety of ways that icbm fuel and oxidizer will kill you. (It's a truly great piece of journalistic writing, with excellent systems thinking. highly recommend if you haven't read it.)
- roywiggins 7y agoThe missile (a Titan II) discussed in Command and Control is liquid fueled. The interceptors are solid fueled, so it won't directly apply. Good book though for anyone interested in nuclear policy and ICBMs.
- AJ007 7y agoThe documentary is pretty good too. If anyone has seen it and read the book, I’d be interested to hear any recommendations https://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Command-Robert-Kenner/dp/B01N6GCF9J/ https://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Command-Robert-Ke...
- smdyc1 7y agoI second that, it was a riveting book. There's a really good audio version as well.