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Using nuclear weapons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2010

CAROL ATKINSON
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Review of International Studies , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 839 - 851
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26 The squadron at SAC headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska was officially known as the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron (2ACCS); there were also sister squadrons that shared the same mission, notably the 4ACCS out of Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, and other units that shared parts of the mission.

27 US Strategic Command, Fact Sheet.

28 For details on these functions, refer to US Strategic Command, Fact Sheet.

29 The SIOP or Single Integrated Operational Plan was the nuclear war plan of the US which contained the details on how the US would conduct nuclear war.

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