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NUCLEAR AGE 10/1
Title
Interview with Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross, [1989]
Date(s)
- [1989] (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with ACM Sir Kenneth (Brian Boyd) Cross, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, RAF Bomber Command, 1959-1963, relating to the US reaction to the launch of the Soviet Sputnik I and Sputnik II Earth orbiting satellites, Oct and Nov 1957; the relationship between RAF Bomber Command and the Strategic Air Command (SAC), USAF, 1959-1963; the cancellation of the US Douglas Skybolt Air Launched Ballistic Missile (ALBM) programme, [1960]; the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 1958-1963.
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