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This represents a controlling style, close to the tradition. This is the first in a new series of ccrp publications that will explore the future of command and control. Command and con trol interweaves the minutebyminute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the united states, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It traces the story of the military assistance command, vietnam.
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In such an event, the general officer aboard the looking glass serves as the airborne emergency action officer aeao 2 and by law assumes the authority of the national command authority. Terran command by john daniel pontius home facebook. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of command and con trol, a groundbreaking account of the management of nuclear weapons from eric schlosser, author of fast food nation. Command and con trol c2 is a set of organizational and technical attributes and processes. Daniel maxwell, david noble, dennis leedom, david signori, and kimberly holloman all. Mar 29, 2017 military command and control is not merely evolving, it is coevolving. Command and control reads like a characterdriven thriller as schlosser draws on his deep reporting, extensive interviews, and documents obtained via the freedom of information act to demonstrate how human error, computer glitches, dilution of authority, poor communications, occasional incompetence, and the routine hoarding of crucial information have nearly brought about our worst nightmare on. This subject has been covered before, most notably by daniel ellsberg. Judge releases video of police shooting of daniel shaver after officer acquitted.
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