Modern Marvels - Strategic Air Command - Part 5/6

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Description: With the ironic motto "Peace is our Profession", the Strategic Air Command was in charge of U.S. nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992. SAC was the ultimate Cold War military machine, at its height controlling thousands of nuclear weapons, planes, and missiles, and boasting over a quarter million personnel. We travel to the Strategic Air and Space Museum, located 20 miles from SAC's old headquarters in Nebraska, and walk through the cavernous bomb bay of SAC's workhouse, the B-52 Bomber. From personnel and operations to equipment, MODERN MARVELS explores the agency predicated on the idea that peace could only be guaranteed by absolute, impregnable strength.