Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons (U.S. U.K. France, U.S.S.R., People's Republic of China) Prepared for the Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs of ..., December 1, 1975 |
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... York JONATHAN B. BINGHAM , New York GUS YATRON , Pennsylvania ROY A. TAYLOR , North Carolina MICHAEL HARRINGTON , Massachusetts LEO J. RYAN , California CHARLES WILSON , Texas DONALD W. RIEGLE , JR . , Michigan CARDISS COLLINS ...
... York JONATHAN B. BINGHAM , New York GUS YATRON , Pennsylvania ROY A. TAYLOR , North Carolina MICHAEL HARRINGTON , Massachusetts LEO J. RYAN , California CHARLES WILSON , Texas DONALD W. RIEGLE , JR . , Michigan CARDISS COLLINS ...
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... York Times that his was the only command authorized to fire a nuclear weapon in combat without the specific approval of the President . As General Partridge outlined the situation , the enemy attack might be so swift that NORAD ...
... York Times that his was the only command authorized to fire a nuclear weapon in combat without the specific approval of the President . As General Partridge outlined the situation , the enemy attack might be so swift that NORAD ...
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... York , Praeger , 1972. P. 20 . 7 Scott , William F. Soviet Aerospace Forces and Doctrine . Air Force Magazine . March 1975. P. 33 . 8 Gallagher , op . cit . P. 20 . Scott , op . cit . P. 35 . in chief of this group , V. F. Tolubko , 20.
... York , Praeger , 1972. P. 20 . 7 Scott , William F. Soviet Aerospace Forces and Doctrine . Air Force Magazine . March 1975. P. 33 . 8 Gallagher , op . cit . P. 20 . Scott , op . cit . P. 35 . in chief of this group , V. F. Tolubko , 20.
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... York : Columbia , 1970 ( for the Institute of Strategic Studies ) . Pp . 71-72 . Harding , Harry , Jr. The Making of Chinese Military Policy in Whitson , William W. ( ed . ) The Military and Political Power in China in the 1970s . New York ...
... York : Columbia , 1970 ( for the Institute of Strategic Studies ) . Pp . 71-72 . Harding , Harry , Jr. The Making of Chinese Military Policy in Whitson , William W. ( ed . ) The Military and Political Power in China in the 1970s . New York ...
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... York : Praeger Publishers , 1972. P. 246 . The Military Balance 1974-75 . London . The International Institute for Strategic Studies , 1974. P. 48 . China is not the center of a military alliance system and her one major military ...
... York : Praeger Publishers , 1972. P. 246 . The Military Balance 1974-75 . London . The International Institute for Strategic Studies , 1974. P. 48 . China is not the center of a military alliance system and her one major military ...
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