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- 1996 Aug 27 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Ray Hershey, former USAF Titan II Missile crewman, Davis-Mothan Airforce Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 1967-1976, and Ed Moran, former Capt, USAF, Titan II Missile crew commander, 1968-1972, relating to the role of the Martin-Marietta LGM-25C Titan II Heavy Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in US nuclear strategy, 1962-1987; the operational procedures for crews of Titan II missile silos, 1967-1976; the procedures for the launching of the Titan II missile, 1967-1976; the targetting of the Titan II missile, 1962-1987; Hershey and Moran's opinion of the USSR and of Soviet strategic missile crews, 1996; speculation on a Soviet first strike against the USA, 1962-1987; the US strategic doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), 1967; the increased state of readiness of US Titan II crews during the Middle East crisis and Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973. 20pp
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