Accidental explosion of a Nuclear Titan II missile in Arkansas USA in 1980
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4 October 2013
Eric Schlosser

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In his new book, “Command and Control,” investigative journalist Eric Schlosser looks at the safety of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and focuses on one alarming incident in particular: the accidental explosion of a Titan II missile in Arkansas in 1980. How secure are America’s stored nuclear warheads? Schlosser, author of the 2001 bestseller Fast Food Nation, joins us in the studio.feedproxy.google.com/~r/kqedforum/~3/…
Host: Michael Krasny
Duration 52.10 mins
Guests:
- Eric Schlosser, author of “Command and Control” and “Fast Food Nation;” and correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly
More info:
- Review of “Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety” (Indiebound)
- A Sneak Peek at Eric Schlosser’s Terrifying New Book on Nuclear Weapons (Mother Jones)
- How Radiohead Inspired Eric Schlosser to Write “Command and Control” (Rolling Stone)
- Eric Schlosser: ‘The people who are most anti-nuclear are the ones who know most about it’ (The Guardian)
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