Cold War & Nike Missile Links
- A site advocating a strong missile defense
- About the Diefenbunker, Canada's Cold War Museum
- All About the Chrysler Air Raid Siren
- Atomic Archive
- Atomic Ice Cream
- BUY - Rings of Supersonic Steel - HERE
- Civil Defense Museum
- Cold War Communications
- Cold War Leftovers: Exploring America's Secret Landscape
- CONELRAD: All Things Atomic | The Golden Age of Homeland Security
- Defending Gotham
- Ed Thelen's Nike Missile Web Site
- Got Bunker?
- Historic Missiles of White Sands
- LUNOR Swiss Specialists in Fallout Shelters since 1947
- Nike Hercules Missile Data
- Research Study Group: Cold War Sites in the UK
- San Francisco Area Nike Sites
- San Francisco Cold War Era 1952-1974
- Seattle Area Nike Sites
- Site Summit Alaska
- Subterranea Britannica: Home Page
- Swords of Amageddon: History of the U.S. Development of Nuclear Weapons
- The Bureau of Atomic Tourism
- The Cold War Museum
Military Booksellers
Books
Tom Vanderbilt: Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America
- Henry E. Guerlac: Radar in World War II (The History of Modern Physics 1800-1950, Two volumes: Sect. A-C, and Sect. D-E w/ Appendices)
A very detailed history of the RAD Lab and those who worked on America's World War II radar program. - James N. Gibson: Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History
Learn to identify common nuclear weapons. MICHAEL SCHEUER: Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
(*****)Brian B. Chin: Artillery at the Golden Gate: The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco in World War II
Read about the people who guarded the Golden Gate during World War IIGreg Palast: Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild
"Upsets all the Right People" - Noam ChomskyMark A. Berhow: American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945 (Fortress, 4)
Richard A. Clarke: Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
Read the book before the movie comes out. (****)
September 05, 2007
November 22, 2006
The Family Fallout Shelter
Here's a link to a 1962 magazine article about a nifty home fallout shelter for the whole family.
September 23, 2005
Our Friend the Atom
We all know about atomic powered submarines, but what about atomic powered trains or atomic powered airplanes?
And notice what they were saying in this 1955 Popular Mechanics magazine about how cheap atomic power would be.
Well, we got the submarine part right anyway.....
August 10, 2005
July 16, 2005
April 18, 2005
March 13, 2005
Atomic Age Pioneer Passes
Richard P. Godwin, a World War II Navy veteran, Atomic Energy Commission engineer, Bechtel executive, Under Secretary of Defense for acquisition, project director for the development of the NS Savannah, Broadway play producer, and finally, Healdsburg wine maker, died at Marin General Hospital on March 3, 2005. Godwin was 82 years old.
Another Atomic Age pioneer passes from the scene.
January 13, 2005
Meet the Mace
The Air Force deployed the Mace missile in the early 1960's. Here is a link to more information about the Mace.
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