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links that go Boom!

Project Tooth Fairy
details: Minuteman III
Insider Info: being a Minuteman 'Missileer'
Minuteman Lauch Center: photos and plans
Restricted Data - lots of well researched info on the manhatten Project and the early Cold War
Jet Pilot Overseas - lots and lots of photos
Blast Door Art: how to decorate the 8 ton door to your ICBM contol capsule.
living underground in LUXURY
BIG BOOK of Soviet Civil Defense ...пожалуйста поцеловать вашу задницу, хорошую пока!
'The Nature and Feasibility of War and Deterrence' this is it- the real Dr. Strangelove' (Herman Kahn) and his big 'how-to' for WW3
The Armageddon Letters
Civil Defense Siren MUSEUM
'Undisclosed Location' Site 'R'
CD Pamphlet- 1963
Mister Minuteman
Dogtags For Children
B-29 'Superfortress'- the first atomic bomber
'Little Boy' the Hiroshima bomb
Atomic Museum Kirkland AFB
History of Nuclear Stockpiles
... Russian officer saves world!
N. Carolina Civil Defense history- better than it sounds!
wiki- HERMAN KAHN - the real Dr. Strangelove
Herman Kahn- 1962- 'Problems To Come"
SAC HISTORY "toe to toe nuclear combat"
OAKRIDGE NAT. LABS- whats doin' with the Tennessee boys
MISSILE NEWS- the latest up-to-date ICBM gossip!
Los Alamos- the MAD scientists put together their history.
more ATOMIC LISTS- don't leave home without them!
list of US NUCLEAR WEAPONS- tell Santa what you really want!
NEUTRON BOMB- surprising, in-depth information from the inventor
SIOP an online book about nuclear war strategy
Fallout Shelter NYC- hard to navigate but lot's of hidden treasure!
Life in a ICBM Silo
Radioactive Museum
Protect and Survive- reference and links about the UK Civil Defense series
ABM site- Grand Forks
Project Pluto- scary!
Aircraft Launched Missiles
Air Raid Sirens
"Battle stations Missile!"
more about RAPATRONIC photography
graphic CHART OF BOMBS
panaorama views of Nevada test sites
Underground Soviet Submarine Base- say that twenty times real fast!
Nuclear Weapon Archive- chuck full o facts
Canada's Cold War bunker
Strategic-Air-Command- preserving the history of S.A.C
the last voice you hear...
Build an Atomic Bomb- amaze your friends
Dr. Bruce Blair, Phd.- smart guy and former Air Force Nuclear Launch officer
atomic war on TV- pass the popcorn!
look for a missle silo- don't tell them I sent you!
The Bomb Project- more links
Rand Corp.- heavy reading
fellow blogger "A Hole in the Head" how to's of civil defense
the REAL Dr. Stranglove?
put some boom in your weekend!
Federation of American Scientists- NOT party animals, but lots of good info
Ed's Nike Missle Site- 3,2,1...
Department of Energy- atomic testing snapshots.
decorating the blast door of your missle silo
Beckham Cavern- former fallout shelter now a bed and breakfast- this is how doomsday bunkers should look!
Cold War Landscape- oh boy, silos and bunkers and stuff!
CONELRAD- all things atomic
extra and additional CONELRAD

VIDEO LINKS- some videos are constantly being put up and taken down

Conelrad TV - PSA
Facts About Fallout!
"Facts About Fallout"
Fighting Through the Fallout: USAF!
1960 - British Fallout!
1959 - Air Force Missile Mission
TSAR BOMB
"Three Reactions to Shelter Life"
"Forbidden Area" 1956 Playhouse 90
"The Lost Missile" unstoppable mystery craft Zorches all in path- hero scientist must postpone wedding!
Skydiving and Scuba diving with your Nuke!
Race for the Superbomb
When Bitain Ruled the Skies!
"Things To Come!" 1936 H.G. Wells movie- great stuff!
"The Day After - ATTACK: fairly accurate depeiction showing initial high altitude EMT blast- followed by [5 or more] 1 megaton MIRV strikes
Vulcan bomber (UK) 1960
'Invasion: USA' this is a movie that would have been better if Ed Wood had made it!
Minuteman - From Design To Delivery (1963)
Tour of Atlas Silo
Atlas: ICBM
'Survive To Fight!' AFB continues to function after being nuked.
'Atomic Alert' Elementary School Version- 1951
British and French Nuclear Bombers
Atomic Powered Bomber
"Missiles of October' 1974 ABC 150 mins
US Strategic Nuclear Policy: how we planned to blow-up the world so that we wouldn't!
World's Biggest Bomb- PBS
Race for the Superbomb- PBS
"Jet Pilot' full length feature- 1957
British SuperJet- BAC TSR-2
'A Short Vision' scary Art Film about atomic war- aired on Ed Sullivan in 1956
Individual Protection Against Atomic Attack -
Self-Preservation in Atomic Attack- Army Training Film
'Windscale' near disaster- Britain
Documentary SERIES- Cold War
Google Earth tour- Site 'R'
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT dramatic re-enacment of moment of the Cuban Missle Crisis
UK 'H-Bomb'
UK 'V Bombers'
UK 'Blue Streak' ICBM
WARNING RED- a guy stops to get ice cream, gets nuked
Living In A Shelter: 1964- dramatization
Emergence From Shelter
Strength Of SAC
The Global Shield- 1980
NIKE Defense- The Inner Ring
Survive To Fight- 1968
About Fallout
Bomberguy- superb collection of aviation videos
"Blast from the Past' fun movie about young man who emerges from fallour shelter after 30 years
'Flash Of Darkness' 1955 TV - drama of MD helping after atomic bombing
Guide To Armageddon- British
USAF Nuclear War Alert Simulation - 1958
'I Married a Communist' 1949 trailer- also known as 'The Woman on Pier 12'
B-58 Champion- chance for us to work on our Jimmy Stewart imitations!
B-58 bomber- first flight- 1956
Twilght Zone: The Shelter
'Steve Canyon' promo for 1958 TV series
SAC Alert Drill
Nuclear Detonation Montage
Trinity And Beyond- The Atomic Bomb Movie
H- Bomb Test- newsreel
Operation Doorstep
Fallout and the Farm- how to protect Bossie and Chicken Little!
Nuclear Might- READY BUT SAFE!
scary British civil defense film
More British scary Civil Defense video!
NEW DECLASSIFIED FILMS- 'new' is a relevant term here- lot's of wonderful detail- boring to most- fascinating to me!
The Twilight Zone- where would our nightmares of Doomsday be without Rod Serling?
The Outer Limits- super spooky TV from the height of the Cold War
SONICBOMB- an aesthetic approach to weapons of mass destruction
Prelinger Archives- amazing collection
'Fallout' - what to do! with lots of spooky music.
'Sound An Alarm' the Brits make the best CD films!
"Missiles of October' 1974 ABC 150 mins

other links

COMIX by Pappy
ATOMIC PULP- obsessively melting-down
RADIATION CINEMA
an appreciation of THE OMEGA MAN
FANTASTIC FLASHBACKS
Dreams Of Space- great collection of space-age illustration!
ILLUSTRATIONS comics, pulp and beyooond!
DOE: How to warn of radiation hazards ten thousand years from now?
Consuming Images- cold war collages
Mondorama 2000- it's French retro-illus!
Paul Malon's flickr site- amazing hi-res scans of thousands of old ads and ephemera
Steve Canyon adventure comic strip
Java's Bachelor Pad- Populuxe Music Extraordinare
ULTRA-SWANK PHOTOS great 50's and 60's swingin' photos
German sci-fi artists, list on left, very cool- chance to practice your German
Tales of Future Past- wonderful lavishly illustrated site
Vintage Ads
PaleoFuture- a look into the future that never was
Bachelor Pad Radio- hip and cool Baby!
Fluxstringer- lovable curmudgeon
LP COVER LOVER- the world's best, and worst, album covers
I'M LEARNING TO SHARE- time for a little show and tell
KITSCHY, KITSCHY COO- couldn't be cuter
RETROSPACE- retro and spacey
MILLIE MOTTS- visual serendipity
JON WILLIAMSON's PHOTOSTREAM- endless collection of retro ads
VIEWLINER- big retro photos AND trains!
INSTITUTE OF OFFICIAL CHEER- home of the Gobbler!
JAMES LILEKS- best blog going
VINTAGE ADS- and lots of 'em
SHORPY- history in hi-resolution
MODERN MECHANIX- yesterday's tomorrow today
STIRRED STRAIGHT UP WITH A TWIST- urbane retro sophisticate
LEIFPENG- wonderful flickr site of mid-century illustration
RETRO SCANS- fun ads and scantily clad nymphs
FOUND IN MOM's BASEMENT- wonderful
ULTRASWANK- a really swingin' Scandanavian
NEATORAMA- all over the place fun

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