Document Type
Article
Organization
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Publication Date
Spring 2020
Abstract
As the Soviet Union appeared to surpass American nuclear capability in the late 1950s, the U.S. government moved quickly to reassert its nuclear dominance. That nuclear dominance was on display in the early 1960s in central Kansas, as twelve locations near Schilling Air Force Base (AFB) operated intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) as part of the nation's nuclear arsenal.
Publication Title
Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains
Volume
43
Issue
1 (Spring 2020)
First Page
28
Last Page
42
Recommended Citation
Brewer, Landry, "Kansas Missiles: Central Kansas and the Nation's Cold War Nuclear Arsenal, 1959-1965" (2020). Faculty Articles & Research. 7.
https://dc.swosu.edu/caap_general_articles/7
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Comments
Kansas Missiles: Central Kansas and the Nation's Cold War Nuclear Arsenal, 1959-1965 was first published in the Spring 2020 issue of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains.