Eric Schlosser - Command and Control

Kennedy, John F.

Bay of Pigs, 278

Berlin crisis, 278–87

Cuban missile crisis, 288–97, 462

defense secretary actions under. See McNamara, Robert S.

on missile gap, 176, 249–50, 269–71, 284

NATO weapons, problems with, 258–65

peace, speeches on, 276–77, 284, 296

Soviet attack, plan for, 277–79, 281–87

Kennedy, Robert F., 285–86, 288, 296

Kennedy, Russell, Colonel, 213

Kenney, George C., General, 75, 89

Keys

to launch missiles, 27–28, 158, 299

and overseas bases, 184, 259

KGFL radio, on Titan II accident, 60–64, 418–19

Khariton, Yuli Borisovich, 85

Khrushchev, Nikita

Berlin crisis, 278–79, 283–84, 286

Cuban missile crisis, 289, 292–96, 462

on missile gap, 176–77, 269

on nocities strategy, 288

on nuclear accident, 188, 194

peace campaign of, 183

Kidder, Ray E., 456

Killian, James R., 161–62

Kinderman, Joseph A., Major, 216–17

King, Sid

biographical information, xvi, 61–63

at Titan II accident site, 60–64, 108, 236

Titan II explosion, 392–94

Titan II explosion broadcast, 418–19

Kissinger, Henry A.

on abolition of weapons, 481–82

launch-on-warning support by, 359

as limited war proponent, 200, 355, 361

on nuclear strategy problems, 353–55

Titan II, opposition to, 351

Kistiakowsky, George B., 40–43, 205–6

position of, xvii, 205

Klaxons, 20, 24, 33, 56, 339

Knacke, Theodor W., 134–35

Koop, Theodore F., 156

Korean Airlines Flight 007, 447

Korean War, 99, 125

Korzenko, John G., Airman, 344

Kulka, Bruce, Captain, 186

Kuter, Laurence S., General, 253–54

Land mines, nuclear, 256–57

Lapierre, Dominique, 14

Launch Complexes, Titan II accidents. See entries under Titan II Launch Complex

Launch-on-warning, 357, 359–62, 478

Lay, Bernie Jr., 148

Lay, Gary, 23–26

Leaf, Howard W., General, 377

Leavitt, Lloyd R., Jr., General

biographical information, 212–13, 215

follows Martin Marietta plan, 237

and media coverage, 431

position of, xvi, 118, 212

Titan II, lack of experience with, 213

Titan II response plan approval by, 118, 212, 217, 227, 233–34

Lehr, Herbert M., Sergeant, 35–36

LeMay, Curtis E., General

accountability demanded by, 346

biographical information, 89–92

civil defense, view of, 150, 154

on counterforce strategy, 131, 133, 201

on Cuban missile crisis, 291, 296

on missile unreliability, 220

on most powerful weapons, 130–31, 201–2, 267

position of, xvii

public mockery of, 304–5

SAC improvements by, 89, 92–94, 296

Strategic Air Command (film), portrayal of, 148

Titan II, opposition to, 223

Lemnitzer, Lyman, General, 281–82

Lester, Gregory W., Titan II accident response by, 29, 57, 59, 214

Light, James E., Jr., General, 425–26

Lightning, and accident risk, 41, 43, 222, 328, 329, 376, 436, 474

Lilienthal, David E.

hydrogen bomb opposition, 123

Los Alamos, assessment of, 95–97

position of, xviii, 88, 95

Limited Test Ban Treaty, 296

Limited war strategy, 200, 355, 361

Limits of Safety, The (Sagan), 462–63

Lindbergh, Charles A., 89

Linthicum, Mirl, Airman, and Titan II (533-7) accident, 339–40, 344

Liquid oxygen (LOX)

dangers of, 222

as propellant, xx, 269

Lithium deuteride, 137, 140

Little Boy (A-bomb), 50–51, 96, 134

Little Rock SAC command post

chief of, xvi, 102

Disaster Response Force deployment, 107–8

evacuation order from, 214–16

Titan II, lack of experience with, 210–11

Titan II accident communication, 59–60, 209–10

Livingston, David L., Senior Airman

biographical information, 232

death of, 430–31, 436–37

enters Titan II accident site, 240–42, 389–92

family lawsuit, 439

injury, treatment of, 413–14, 421, 437

Medal for Heroism to, 439–40

position of, xvi

premonition of death, 232–33

rescue from site, 407, 411–13

Titan II explosion, 392, 401, 407

Lockheed, 182

Locking systems, for nuclear weapons. See Permissive action links (PALs)

Looking Glass, 273, 303

Los Alamos, New Mexico

deficiencies of lab, 95–98

first nuclear weapon. See Atomic bomb; Manhattan Project

hydrogen bomb development, 122–29, 133–44

Los Alamos, New Mexico (cont.)

Livermore competition with, 159

one-point safety defined, 197–98

radiation-related accidents, 94–95

Soviet spies at, 85, 127, 135

Lovejoy, Frank, 148

Lucky Dragon , 140

Luftwaffe, 44, 45

Lutz, Floyd T., 309–10

McCloy, John, 279

McCone, John A., 190

McCormick, Thomas, Major, 310

McDonald, George, 35

McMahon, Brien, 78, 124

Macmillan, Harold, 188, 279

McNamara, Robert S.

accidents, fear of, 247–49, 301–2, 313

Assured Destruction strategy, 302, 352, 434–35

and Berlin crisis, 280–81, 284–85

and command-and-control revision, 271–75, 279–82

and Cuban missile crisis, 293, 295

defense policy of, 265–71, 352

on Jupiters in Turkey, 293–96, 462

nocities strategy, 287–88, 302

nuclear strategy assessment by, 249–57, 264–65

on nuclear weapons abolition, 482

position of, xviii, 247–48

and Vietnam War, 304

McRaven, William H., 475–76

Maintenance and accidents

incidents of, 56, 338–46, 422–23, 449, 475

risks related to, 104, 160, 436

Titan II accident, 7, 56, 60, 64–65, 102, 109, 437

Malinger, Carl, Airman, and Titan II (533-7) accident, 339, 341–46, 386

Manhattan Project, 35–44

atom bomb design/construction, 48–49

bomb design, evolution of, 39–42, 48–50

first nuclear weapon assembly, 35–37

formation of, 37–38

hydrogen bomb project, 123

members of, xvii, 36, 38, 40, 41, 134

opponents of bomb, 44–45

plutonium, creation of, 39

regrets about bomb, 77–78

Soviet spies, 85, 465–66

Trinity test, 36, 40–44, 47–48, 52, 94, 205, 329

use of bomb, U.S. secrecy about, 77–78

MANIAC, xx, 129

MANIAC II, 152

Mark, Hans S., Dr.

on Titan II accident, 430

Titan problems, awareness of, 338

Mark 3 bomb, 94–98

Mark 4 bomb, 99–100

falls from aircraft, 167–68

Mark 6 bomb, falls from aircraft, 185–88

Mark 7 bomb, 260–62

Mark 17 bomb, 161

Mark 28 bomb

accident threat from, 196–99, 262, 334, 372, 374–77, 384, 440, 464

loss/recovery from accidents, 316–18, 321–23

retrofits, delay of, 440, 449–50, 453, 464

size of, 161

Mark 32 bomb, 310–11

Mark 36 bomb, 184–85

Mark 39 bomb, 246, 248–49, 292, 307

Mark 43 bomb, 311

Mark 53 bomb, 311, 416

Mark 54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), 416

Marshall Plan, 81

Martin Company, 182

Martin Marietta

lawsuits against, 386, 439–40

Titan II manufacture by, 218

Titan II response plan, opposition to, 235–36

Marx, Richard, Captain, 322

Matthews, Keith E., First Lieutenant, and Titan II (533-7) accident, 339–40, 342–44

Mattocks, Adam C., First Lieutenant, 245

Maultsby, Charles, Major, 462–63

Maydew, Randall C., 318–19

May-Johnson bill, 77–78

Mazzaro, Michael, Captain

enters Titan II accident site, 110, 115–18

evacuates Titan II site, 67–70, 108

illness/anxiety, 228

Titan II accident response by, 34, 56–60, 214