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Under attack the president faces fragile command post
The piece argues the U S warning network and aerial command post Kneecap are highly vulnerable to a Soviet first strike. It notes evacuation limits, the risk of losing Washington and Andrews AFB, and the uncertain survivability of leadership. It also covers underground shelters, SIOP implications, and devolution of authority to successors in a nuclear crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Decanis
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
White House
Andrews
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Carter
Secret Service
Congress
Donald Latham
Marryup Point
National Military Command Center
Mitre Corporation
Moscow
Soviet Union
John Steinbruner
Brookings Institution
United States
Leon Sloss
SIOP