{"product_id":"chrome-dome-1960-68-the-b-52s-high-stakes-cold-war-nuclear-operation-9781472860545","title":"Chrome Dome 1960-68: The B-52s' High-Stakes Cold War Nuclear Operation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOperation \u003ci\u003eChrome Dome\u003c\/i\u003e was Strategic Air Command's unprecedented nuclear deterrence operation, a hugely elaborate and costly response to the perceived nuclear missile threat from the Soviet Union. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Cold War aviation historian Peter E. Davies explains how for eight years, \u003ci\u003eChrome Dome \u003c\/i\u003erequired 12 B-52 Stratofortresses to maintain a ceaseless airborne alert within striking distance of Soviet targets, orbiting over the Mediterranean and north of Alaska. Each bomber stayed aloft for 24 hours, flying for around 10,000 miles until relieved by another. In each cockpit a top-secret Combat Mission Folder contained details of the routes and procedures for a nuclear attack on a pre-determined Soviet target. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDramatic and controversial, the years of unrelenting \u003ci\u003eChrome Dome \u003c\/i\u003emissions saw several B-52 crashes and losses of nuclear weapons, most famously those in Greenland and off the Spanish coast. Drawing on first-hand information from the personnel who flew and supported these gargantuan efforts, and packed with archive photos, superb new artwork, maps and diagrams, this book offers an authoritative history of how SAC flew its most challenging operation of the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter E. Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a specialist historian on US aircraft and operations of the Vietnam and Cold War periods, analyzing tactics, background politics and technologies in combat situations. Original first-hand interviews and unpublished illustrative material are a hallmark of his work. He has often sought to explore specific military incidents from past conflicts. Peter has written dozens of books for Osprey, and also contributed to \u003ci\u003eAeroplane Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAviation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNews\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAircraft Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892566200594,"sku":"9781472860545","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c31455e4-7877-4724-81fa-e808351598e0.jpg?v=1738196245","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chrome-dome-1960-68-the-b-52s-high-stakes-cold-war-nuclear-operation-9781472860545","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}