This unexpected event was a source of pride to the Soviets and shock to the U.S., who could now potentially be surprise attacked by nuclear-tipped Soviet rockets in under 30 minutes.

The test also demonstrated the ability of a fighter aircraft to deliver a nuclear-tipped rocket and avoid being destroyed in the process.

This means that the Navy would have no nuclear-tipped, antisubmarine rockets for at least five years and probably longer, some experts say.

The Genie was an air-to-air, unguided nuclear-tipped rocket that was designed for arming in the air moments before it was fired.

They also say that the change would make the satellites more vulnerable to Soviet nuclear-tipped rockets.

Air Guard and Reserve pilots flew fighter jets carrying a nuclear-tipped rocket designed to detonate in the middle of a wave of Soviet bombers.

Therefore, I have ordered my forces to prepare to launch nuclear-tipped rockets at the Discordian cities when my deadline expires, two days hence.

That makes you unpredictable in our eyes, and a country with nuclear-tipped rockets and po- litical instability is not a pleasant prospect.

A wood stove adds coziness to the living room, converted from a launch control room where Air Force technicians raised and fueled a nuclear-tipped rocket during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.