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Launch Pad UK: Britain and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Jim Wilson
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Description for Launch Pad UK: Britain and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Paperback. Reveals the true story of how close to annihilation the UK came during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
For most British people the weekend of 27/28 October 1962 could so very easily have been their last weekend on earth. Yet, astonishingly, the fact that Britain's nuclear deterrent forces were set to such an unprecedented level of readiness was kept secret from the public. Thor nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles stood on a round-the-clock wartime state of alert ready to be fired; these were the 'other' missiles of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which made Britain, in effect, America's launch pad. During the height of the crisis both RAF Bomber Command and the US Strategic Air Command were poised at the ... Read more
For most British people the weekend of 27/28 October 1962 could so very easily have been their last weekend on earth. Yet, astonishingly, the fact that Britain's nuclear deterrent forces were set to such an unprecedented level of readiness was kept secret from the public. Thor nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles stood on a round-the-clock wartime state of alert ready to be fired; these were the 'other' missiles of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which made Britain, in effect, America's launch pad. During the height of the crisis both RAF Bomber Command and the US Strategic Air Command were poised at the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473886650
SKU
V9781473886650
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-16
About Jim Wilson
Jim Wilson worked as a journalist in Norfolk during the crisis, at which time the Thor missiles were based nearby.
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