{"id":5712,"date":"2022-01-14T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chriskellyauthor.mysites.io\/mutually-assured-destruction\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:38:00","slug":"mutually-assured-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authorchristopherkelly.com\/?p=5712","title":{"rendered":"Mutually Assured Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgAw1y-XTrmwFsPrNAiZhbU_vwjBAxpCK7By6OmQZDX1HvX1cihx564U2zGGSrJN5fk5Ln8oBDJtTVGeaWqHIUyovKMt_iziaZ8nlieu7u7WXHKUo-B2hujhyg6cboEl0brWXSr5OKAiHHPM9So7RXiaFyrqfMUNRZol9KTmpwJ6qoZYyMbSEwSQxBI=s4032\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4032\" data-original-width=\"3024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgAw1y-XTrmwFsPrNAiZhbU_vwjBAxpCK7By6OmQZDX1HvX1cihx564U2zGGSrJN5fk5Ln8oBDJtTVGeaWqHIUyovKMt_iziaZ8nlieu7u7WXHKUo-B2hujhyg6cboEl0brWXSr5OKAiHHPM9So7RXiaFyrqfMUNRZol9KTmpwJ6qoZYyMbSEwSQxBI=w480-h640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Titan Missile Museum<br \/>Sahuarita, Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Today we live in an age of vast and growing uncertainty. &nbsp;When will the brutal Covid-19 pandemic end? &nbsp;Will Putin send his tanks into the Ukraine? &nbsp;Will Chinese paratroopers start falling from the skies over Taiwan? &nbsp;Will North Korea or Iran do something crazy? &nbsp;No one can really provide satisfactory answers to these questions. &nbsp;And so we tramp on through a forest of doubt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"BLOG_video_class\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/frAEmhqdLFs\" width=\"320\" youtube-src-id=\"frAEmhqdLFs\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>During the Cold War, however, things were different. &nbsp;We enjoyed the certainty of Mutually Assured Destruction or MAD. &nbsp;All of us, on both sides of the Berlin Wall, knew that a third World War would mean the extinction of humanity. &nbsp;As Tom Lehrer out it, &#8220;We&#8217;ll all go together when we go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhf0lwXgSNEFO10iMrsxUw6TQmzON2fSwmH7T9jDCGIvqov_1E3TXcN-kF6RK5Ix6hopPJmmFE74mWQLXfq0Qak139FInR_f_TjRy9PzEd3EsUTms9mU0p3zJ_tqkHXN586eqbV3by1Su4MIP8Yt5_NsUjphm6l0er5bIP8DktuurgbJv_36c8zULvc=s4032\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3024\" data-original-width=\"4032\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhf0lwXgSNEFO10iMrsxUw6TQmzON2fSwmH7T9jDCGIvqov_1E3TXcN-kF6RK5Ix6hopPJmmFE74mWQLXfq0Qak139FInR_f_TjRy9PzEd3EsUTms9mU0p3zJ_tqkHXN586eqbV3by1Su4MIP8Yt5_NsUjphm6l0er5bIP8DktuurgbJv_36c8zULvc=w400-h300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Commander K at the Control!<br \/>Titan Missile Museum<br \/>Sahuarita, Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A visit to the Titan Missile Museum near Tucson Arizona demonstrates the hardware that created these Cold War certainties&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/titanmissilemuseum.org\">https:\/\/titanmissilemuseum.org<\/a>. &nbsp;This abandoned missile silo for a Titan rocket was converted into a museum that gives us a glimpse into the Cold War. &nbsp;The Strategic Air Command had Missile locations built in three states&#8230;Arizona, Kansas and Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgqzntwFwikvHD2fuha9iL4ZtKBiVfSGECAgTcgkoOGmjBIJbLcZfLM__tBPm1oBV9EdwT1WjyKxKRs1E95h1xL-MslVVEdSX2pBB8abrW5FUYFPzDANoL0Vq3dr0jMT-8riBGp0RmZueG70uerUDrnC-IhWmiUgIaMj3n8puYiG0I_ur4dabsD4zk1=s4032\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4032\" data-original-width=\"3024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgqzntwFwikvHD2fuha9iL4ZtKBiVfSGECAgTcgkoOGmjBIJbLcZfLM__tBPm1oBV9EdwT1WjyKxKRs1E95h1xL-MslVVEdSX2pBB8abrW5FUYFPzDANoL0Vq3dr0jMT-8riBGp0RmZueG70uerUDrnC-IhWmiUgIaMj3n8puYiG0I_ur4dabsD4zk1=w300-h400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Titan Missile Museum<br \/>Sahuarita, Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Very young men, and later women, manned these bases. &nbsp;The Air Force tested them on a weekly basis for mental stability. &nbsp;They worked underground in 24 hour shifts. &nbsp;Cigarette smoke was ubiquitous.<\/p>\n<p>The Titan missiles were fairly safe though one 1965 accident in Arkansas did claim fifty-three lives. &nbsp;A welding rod was apparently tossed into a hydraulic line igniting a fire with the oxidizer. &nbsp;Most of the victims were asphyxiated.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhBr7TzdEpS4p9SWDthNffg1L8LSnRkZ1g2PZUk0kdBzWCiJozilCZNPm3bhIDwKlxc9I1kySkEXnDpzUFO9sdN78QYb8cvhRK7ZFKAK_25BSAG_WBoVtmgfZVe9sK8gCyUmNvplVVVc75qzgr8UJbu3uE7r0eE6WEDktBwmzmhLB86AwqkTaesA4E-=s4032\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4032\" data-original-width=\"3024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhBr7TzdEpS4p9SWDthNffg1L8LSnRkZ1g2PZUk0kdBzWCiJozilCZNPm3bhIDwKlxc9I1kySkEXnDpzUFO9sdN78QYb8cvhRK7ZFKAK_25BSAG_WBoVtmgfZVe9sK8gCyUmNvplVVVc75qzgr8UJbu3uE7r0eE6WEDktBwmzmhLB86AwqkTaesA4E-=w300-h400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t High Five a Cactus!<br \/>Green Valley, AZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Tom Lehrer got it essentially correct in his 1960 song <b><i>The Wild West is Where I Want to Be<\/i><\/b>. &nbsp;&#8220;&#8216;Mid the yucca and the thistles, I&#8217;ll watch the guided missiles while the old FBI watches me&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh04QhX1BeAqjN2V40jQ2tfjsTxnO5q9M4zLzXgbo9866kxryuBgaYM_Roe8EsUpP5le0dyYtppRtyeYIMVZr8buMUMD0al4ikPBD6EEDJdI6zqgrWCiz5FMa7QgpXRaHeIwkVCmOLlOzpSnV9J7tFCj8QdRazCSOSDbsAAfwsUzE4MZx-NwpPo93Ay=s4032\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4032\" data-original-width=\"3024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh04QhX1BeAqjN2V40jQ2tfjsTxnO5q9M4zLzXgbo9866kxryuBgaYM_Roe8EsUpP5le0dyYtppRtyeYIMVZr8buMUMD0al4ikPBD6EEDJdI6zqgrWCiz5FMa7QgpXRaHeIwkVCmOLlOzpSnV9J7tFCj8QdRazCSOSDbsAAfwsUzE4MZx-NwpPo93Ay=w300-h400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Strategic Air Command<br \/>Titan Missile Museum<br \/>Sahuarita, Arizona<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Eventually the Titan missile program was replaced by the Minuteman ICBM Missile program. &nbsp;The third iteration of Boeing-built missiles remain in active service in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming. &nbsp;Each missile can deliver a 300+ kiloton payload (equivalent to about 20 Hiroshimas) around 8,700 miles with an accuracy of around 800 feet. &nbsp;These are slated for replacement by a new generation of Northrop ICBMs around 2030.<\/p>\n<p>So the air in Arizona is no longer &#8220;radioactive,&#8221; leaving the fortunate residents of nearby Green Valley safe to play pickle ball. &nbsp;All of the fissionable materials were removed long ago from the Titan missile locations. &nbsp;Many of these abandoned Titan sites have been purchased by private citizens. &nbsp;A decommissioned site in Arkansas has been turned into a luxury Cold War hotel&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/Vilonia-Hotels-Luxury-Decommissioned-Titan-II-Nuclear-Missile-Complex.h53961576.Hotel-Information\">https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/Vilonia-Hotels-Luxury-Decommissioned-Titan-II-Nuclear-Missile-Complex.h53961576.Hotel-Information<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"BLOG_video_class\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1U2fpzw4qNI\" width=\"320\" youtube-src-id=\"1U2fpzw4qNI\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This may have been MAD but it all seemed to work. &nbsp;The fear of Mutually Assured Destruction deterred both superpowers from ever pushing the nuclear button. &nbsp;Nixon bombed Hanoi but he never authorized the use of atomic weapons. &nbsp;Nor did the Soviets turn Kabul into glass.<\/p>\n<p>Now in 2022 the Nuclear Club is much larger than during the Cold War. &nbsp;It includes India, Pakistan, North Korea and soon it seems Iran. &nbsp;Mutually Assured Destruction depended upon the rationality of the participants in order to work. &nbsp;Can we count upon the rationality of Kim Jung Un and other leaders? &nbsp;The future is murky and foreboding leaving us nostalgic for the Cold War.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We live in an age on uncertainty. &nbsp;Of this we are certain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg3FYP6JNBlVreEFDSr5LRxH4kAfi3q8pGe4_myNpFaNvFgPLsi9fuoeql_8OIJqczND3jPthLK_6oo4emamea3pYvWCzwJFLabVt1hlfyJ-jzXfEDRA7PETbJY8I99AYsexhLhfOvU2KQ\/s1425\/AmericaInvadedCover.jpg\" 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