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Able Archer 83, 448–49

A-bomb. See Atomic bomb

“Acceptable Military Risks from Accidental Detonation of Atomic Weapons,” 171–72

Accident prevention

Burned Board briefing, 369–70, 376–77

control boxes, new, 441

Fowler Letter, 333–34, 369–70

insensitive high explosives for, 332, 471

military/bureaucratic resistance to, 173–74, 264, 313–14, 333–34, 370–73, 440, 471

permissive action links (PALs) for, xxi, 263–65, 293, 298, 313, 371, 440–41, 466–67

Peurifoy’s activities, 196–97, 320, 331–33, 372–77, 440–41

postaccident weapons assessment for, 374

retrofitting old weapons, 333–34, 370–76, 386, 440, 444, 450, 453