Add to ORKGTo counter the Soviet Union’s Cold War nuclear threat, the United States government enhanced its offensive nuclear capability in the 1950s by creating intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching the Soviet Union. The first American ICBM was the Atlas missile. Southwest Oklahoma near Altus Air Force Base (AFB) played a crucial role in the nation’s nuclear arsenal from 1960 through 1965 by building several missile launch sites that housed Atlas F missiles. The state was rewarded with jobs, massive amounts of federal dollars spent here, and the satisfaction of deterring Soviet aggression while defending the nation against possible attack
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Provides a history of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation\u27s nuclear weapons program. It empha...
In recent years there has been a growing sense of urgency to develop and deploy effective missile de...
Article describes Oklahoma's role in American nuclear development during the Cold War era. While als...
As the Soviet Union appeared to surpass American nuclear capability in the late 1950s, the U.S. gove...
Because of its part in the nation\u27s nuclear arsenal, in a movie depicting nuclear war, and in pro...
As the Cold War moved into the nuclear age and tensions with the Soviet Union heightened, all Americ...
Oklahoma might seem like an unexpected place for Cold War tensions to boil over, but the state playe...
Southwestern Oklahoma State University-Sayre History Instructor Landry Brewer wants the public to kn...
The period after World War II and the beginning of the Cold War are characterized by significant cha...
Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford hosted a free “Missiles of Oklahoma” seminar o...
The missile\u27s significance has been central to national security since the Soviet launching of Sp...
Goal: Place a historic marker at the site near Willow, Oklahoma, that housed an Atlas F intercontin...
For almost three quarters of a century, the United States has spent billions of dollars and countles...
During the Cold War, thirty-six sites across Kansas and Arkansas were selected to house Titan II int...
The missile\u27s significance has been central to national security since the Soviet launching of Sp...
Provides a history of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation\u27s nuclear weapons program. It empha...
In recent years there has been a growing sense of urgency to develop and deploy effective missile de...
Article describes Oklahoma's role in American nuclear development during the Cold War era. While als...
As the Soviet Union appeared to surpass American nuclear capability in the late 1950s, the U.S. gove...
Because of its part in the nation\u27s nuclear arsenal, in a movie depicting nuclear war, and in pro...
As the Cold War moved into the nuclear age and tensions with the Soviet Union heightened, all Americ...
Oklahoma might seem like an unexpected place for Cold War tensions to boil over, but the state playe...
Southwestern Oklahoma State University-Sayre History Instructor Landry Brewer wants the public to kn...
The period after World War II and the beginning of the Cold War are characterized by significant cha...
Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford hosted a free “Missiles of Oklahoma” seminar o...
The missile\u27s significance has been central to national security since the Soviet launching of Sp...
Goal: Place a historic marker at the site near Willow, Oklahoma, that housed an Atlas F intercontin...
For almost three quarters of a century, the United States has spent billions of dollars and countles...
During the Cold War, thirty-six sites across Kansas and Arkansas were selected to house Titan II int...
The missile\u27s significance has been central to national security since the Soviet launching of Sp...
Provides a history of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation\u27s nuclear weapons program. It empha...
In recent years there has been a growing sense of urgency to develop and deploy effective missile de...