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War and Peace in the Nuclear Age (1986-03-10)
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Adm. Eugene Carroll (USN, Ret.), became Deputy Director of the Center for Defense Information where he spoke out against the reliance on nuclear weapons and other defense-related issues. In the interview he discusses U.S. nuclear military strategy and his views on the necessity of nuclear disarmament. Recalling his days as a pilot in the 1950s, he describes how the Navy turned conventional planes being used in the Korean War into nuclear-capable aircraft, and vividly recounts the lengthy and complex training procedures for delivering nuclear weapons accurately and in such a way as to allow the aircraft to escape the blast. He touches on the detailed plans of the Navy, Air Force, and Army for nuclear war, and how the services integrated nuclear weapons into their strategies. He discusses the rise and fall of massive retaliation doctrine, and offers his views on the financial wastefulness of maintaining large nuclear arsenals. As for their military value, he recounts that it was while standing watch on the decks of aircraft carriers waiting for the onset of hostilities that he came to the realization that fighting a war with nuclear weapons was a terrible option. While at the Naval W…
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WGBH
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public broadcasting, AAPB, Eugene Carroll, Center for Defense Information, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Korean War, nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons strategy, massive retaliation, Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Naval War College, nuclear proliferation, inter-service rivalry, military budget, nuclear warfare, Cold War
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