[elbucko]

Sounds like you've read B. Bruce-Briggs' The Shield of Faith.

No, actually I haven't, but I'll find a copy. When the Army closed its CONUS Air Defense Command, I left and didn't look back. The Nike stuff I know is from memory. I am amazed, though, at the info on the Internet. In my time it was all mostly, "SECRET". Now it's public domain.

[Poohbah]

You might be interested in some of the VCE nuclear weapons movies. Good music, interesting film footage of nuclear tests, not heavy on the polemics.