In this episode, I take a drive through the former Secret City of Oak Ridge Tennessee where fissile material for the Manhattan Project and U.S. nuclear weapons were produced. I’ll also get a chance to hear from Ray Smith and have interspersed his stories throughout the video...
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In this episode, I get a tour of a former nuclear weapons test site near Baxterville, Mississippi from a regional forester. The U.S. government conducted two underground nuclear weapons in the 1960s, making this one of my most surprising discoveries over the course of my trip. Special...
In this episode, I visit Everglades National Park near Homestead, Florida to tour a former Nike Hercules missile system site. From 1962 until 1979, nuclear-armed missiles were stationed in the middle of this breathtaking national park. These surface-to-air missiles were intended for air...
In this episode, I take a tour of a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile silo located near Vilonia, Arkansas and then spend the night inside it with my dogs. About 54 of these missiles were deployed during the Cold War, and each of them carried a 9 megaton nuclear warhead. At...
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Visiting the Global Power Museum (Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana)
In this episode, I visit the Global Power Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, which is home to the Global Strike Command and the 2nd Bomb Wing. A major part of the U.S. nuclear deterrent is deployed from this air force base–the B-52 heavy bombers...