tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7465062622679223555..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Peace Through StrengthGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-9875206848183443632008-12-24T22:15:00.000-05:002008-12-24T22:15:00.000-05:00"He who will not risk cannot win."John Paul Jones,..."He who will not risk cannot win."<BR/>John Paul Jones, 1791<BR/><BR/>[url]http://www.dau.mil/pubs/dam/03_04_2007/war_ma07.pdf[/url]<BR/><BR/>"For starters, risk management is not supposed to be about<BR/>preventing bad things from happening."<BR/><BR/>"It’s definitely not supposed<BR/>to be about protecting the PM’s backside."<BR/><BR/>Ahhhhh. The next four years are going to be interesting, from leadership elected on retrenchment. How they manage risk/reward in a global environment will provide hours of entertainment to the blogging community and their readership. I just pray that their education in diplomacy leaves me a country at the end of the rein. So break out the popcorn, only a few days left until the inaugural movie launches!JoeChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14319588770631597756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-10823822931590603832008-12-24T10:49:00.000-05:002008-12-24T10:49:00.000-05:00The Minuteman solid propellant system already was ...The Minuteman solid propellant system already was the mainstay ICBM when Titan II came on the scene. As successor to Titan I, the Titan II could launch directly from its silo; it didn't have to be raised on an elevator to the surface before launch. In addition, its launch time was much shorter than Titan I.<BR/><BR/>The main reason Titan II was kept in service is that it was the only heavy throw weight ICBM the US deployed; it was regarded as a counter to the heavy throw weight Soviet ICBMs, the SS-19 among them.<BR/><BR/>The incident at Damascus Arkansas not only threw the blast door a long distance, it threw the warhead off into the thules also. There was quite an effort to find and recover it. It was found to be intact when discovered.<BR/><BR/>The earlier Titan I also has some thrilling disasters: a Titan I at Vandenberg fell to the bottom of its silo when the elevator system failed. The ensuing explosion threw that blast door about a quarter mile from the silo. It's still partially buried in the soil at Vandenberg, as far as I know.TOFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234091783167165660noreply@blogger.com