Greenland: The Thule Air Base
from Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast
Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying a bunch of hydrogen bombs crashed into the ice up there? There's a bonus pod which accompanies this episode. You can grab it here, and get ad-free listening for the whole pod archive, at www.patreon.com/atomichobo The reading list for these Thule episodes is below: Fifteen Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation, by L. Douglas Keeney Command and Control by Eric Schlosser Project Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident (SAC Historical Study) 'Greenland and its Relevance to North American Security', Naval War College Review, Vol 32, No. 6
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