• Operation Giant Lance was a secret U.S. nuclear alert operation by the United States that the Strategic Air Command carried out in late October 1969....
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  • procedures and combined air tactics. Operation Head Start Operation Chrome Dome Thule Monitor Mission Operation Giant Lance "1960s". United States Air Force...
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  • negotiation of a Vietnam War settlement. The Readiness Test culminated in a "Giant Lance" airborne alert involving nuclear-armed B-52 flights over northern Alaska...
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    behavior. United States portal Politics portal Deterrence theory Operation Giant Lance Brinkmanship Good cop/bad cop Jacobson, Zachary Jonathan (2023)...
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  • Bolo (1967) Operation Popeye (1967–1972) Operation Niagara (1968) Operation Igloo White (1968–1973) Operation Giant Lance (1969) Operation Commando Hunt...
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    Nixon issued secret orders to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to commence Operation Giant Lance, the sending of bombers armed with nuclear weapons toward Moscow...
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    (MEAFSA). STRICOM took place in the worldwide readiness test (of which Operation Giant Lance formed a part) in 1969, sortieing U. S. Navy Middle East Force ships...
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  • States, and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger approve Operation Giant Lance, an operation involving nuclear-armed B-52 bombers flying near the Soviet...
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  • Bergstrom as a base of operations as well. Operation Chrome Dome Thule Monitor Mission Operation Round Robin Operation Giant Lance Strategic Air Command...
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    issued secret orders to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to commence "Operation Giant Lance", the sending of bombers armed with nuclear weapons toward Moscow...
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