Showing posts with label U.S. Department of Defense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Department of Defense. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

February 1, 1961: U.S. Launches Its First Test of the Minuteman I Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first test of the Minuteman I.

For more information about this technology, check out these sites:

Factsheets: "Minuteman I" ICBM
Hill Air Force Base

Spaceflight: Ballistic Missile Defense
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission

Factsheets: LGM-30 Minuteman III
Vandenberg Air Force Base

Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons: 1950-1980
U.S. Department of Defense


Sonnet Ireland
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

Monday, December 7, 2009

Face the Nation with Sec. Hillary Clinton and Sec. Robert Gates (12/6/2009)


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Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies



Monday, October 12, 2009

Meet the Press with Sen. Carl Levin and Sen. Lindsey Graham (10/11/2009)






Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies