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He clocked their speed ot an incredible 2000 knots-Th- e sergeant spoke excitedly into theintprcom box Twenty seconds later? the blips— course and speed indicated—appeared as red arrowheads on the maps of NORAD — North American Air Defense —in Colorado Springs Colo Evaluated they appeared to represent supersonic jet bombers perhaps the spearhead of a surprise attack perhaps timed to hit our northern interceptor bases at ICBMs hit SAC bases the same moment that nuclear-tippe- d within the United States An alarm went out to Alaskan and Canadian interceptor fields antiaircraft Nike sites the headquarters of SAC in Omaha and to the national command post in the basement of the Pentagon It was midnight in the war room of SAC nicknamed "The Hole” 50 feet underground The senior controller on duty held NORAD on one phone while on another he spoke to ng pt - war-roo- m Gen Thomas Power' SAC commander-in-chi- ef who had been awakened by tiny Klaxon at the head of his bed Power gave an order The controller dialed two digits on the red phone automatically connecting him to every SAC base He spoke me code word Fifteen minutes after Thule radar had sighted the blips hundreds of SAC bombers with nuclear weapons were in the air headed for targets Then' the blips vanished from the radarscope as mysteriously as they had appeared! Their presence has never been fully explained except that in the far north there are often strange electrical phenomena And machines like men can have hallucinations Immediately a recall order went out by radio What would have happened if one of the bombers had not heard the recall? The answer is—nothing SAC aircraft operate under a system called "positive control" They can go only so far toward their targets Then if they do not receive a signil to continue they must return' If their communications fail N they mast return Furthermore the signal to go on must be confirmed by ! either the captain or copilot No single crewman becaiisg of faulty hearing or sudden insanity can decide to fly on Only the President of the United States can give the order to unsheath our nuclear weapons For this reason the President is never out of communication post No nuclear weapons can be armed and fused until the President so orders and this applies to every weapons system including antiaircraft missiles long-ran- ge rockets fighter-bopibe- rs and those of Polaris submarines and air- craft carriers Talk to ftha Emmy and Liston This country has taken every possible technical pre- caution against one man starting a war What of Russia? 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