The Pulsing Heart of SAC 1963 Part One

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U.S. Air Force Special Film Project 1236, "SAC Command Post," n.d, Produced by Air Force Audio Visual Service (Military Airlift Command), 1365th Photo Squadron
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Source: National Archives, Motion Pictures Unit, Record Group 342

Very little information is currently available about the production of "SAC Command Post" by the the 1365th Photo Squadron, and no evidence has surfaced that it was ever shown. The film provides a detailed picture of the Strategic Air Command's command-and-control system lodged in the lower levels of SAC headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. Describing tight civilian control over decisions to use nuclear weapons, the film emphasizes SAC's place in the chain of command and the mechanisms for preventing the "unauthorized launch" of bombers and missiles that could start a nuclear war.

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[sigvoice]

One of the most complex command & control systems ever created.

[TitusFlavius79]

@sigvoice and still mostly top secret , there only few infos/facts knowing about the SAC command and his successor the United States Strategic Command.

[manfromsnowy]

I feel so safe now that we are 47 years beyond MAD

Years ago the specially select policemen were so much better dressed.

The teletype system quaint.

What a waste of money moving the deck chairs while Rome burns ,.... and we still do this insanity

[TitusFlavius79]

Well we are not really beyounf MAD. MAD still exisit in form of SDI and NMD. Their are still wasting money for nuclear war programs.

[disamjisa]

@2:20 .. Yeah, don't run or anything. Walk. Take your time. It's just a nuclear war.

[sr71ablackbird]

hmmm, according to that communications panel on there, i see links to 3 bases so far, ouffut afb, along with both Wutrsmith, & K.I. Sawyer both in which were in Mich. been to wurtsmith, but never been to K.I. Sawyer.

[sr71ablackbird]

@TitusFlavius79 I guess that I have the same question for you as I do for manfromsnoy, What your perspective is on it ? Due to recent reports from the past few years, Russia is refurbishing and restocking the BM inventory, both mobile & silo based with modified Topol-types that have the ability to avoid any type of ABM system.

[sr71ablackbird]

@manfromsnowy I was just wondering what your perspective on MAD is ? Due to recent reports from the past few years, Russia is refurbishing and restocking the BM inventory, both mobile & silo based with modified Topol-types that have the ability to avoid any type of ABM system.