CHAPTER SIX: NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISSUES
Nuclear Forces and Weapons

The Defense Department homepage, the service homepages, and the homepages of the unified commands (particularly Strategic Command) provide additional information on U.S. nuclear forces. The organizational and doctrinal context for nuclear weapons belonging to the Air Force is covered at Air Combat Command, Air Force Space Command, and Air Force Materiel Command (see Chapter Two).

Even with the end of the Cold War the Navy, in general, continues to follow a more secretive policy than the Department of Defense and the other services. This is especially true with regard to nuclear issues and submarines. To supplement the official material, there are a number of useful private and unofficial submarine-related homepages maintained by submarine veterans and enthusiasts.

Bomber Force

Air-launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) (AGM-86B/C) Fact Sheet
http:/www.af.mil/news/factsheets/AGM_86B_C_Missiles.html

B-1B 'Lancer' System Program Office (ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH)
http://www.b1.wpafb.af.mil/~b1b
System description, links, procurement opportunities and news stories. Includes the B-1B Photo Gallery at http://www.am.wpafb.af.mil/~b1b/pages/photogal.htm.

B-1B Lancer Fact Sheet
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/B_1B_Lancer.html

B-1B Operational Test and Evaluation Program
http://www.dote.osd.mil/reports/FY95/b1.html

Program Depot Maintenance (PDM) of B-1B Aircraft
http://www.b1b.wpafb.af.mil/pages/pdm/pdm.htm

B-2 Spirit Fact Sheet
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/B_2_Spirit.html

B-2 Operational Test and Evaluation Program
http://www.dote.osd.mil/reports/FY95/b2.html

Stop the B2 Bomber Campaign
http://www.fas.org/pub/gen/mswg/stealth/
FAS-maintained site with abundant documents and links.

B-52 Stratofortress Fact Sheet
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/B_52_Stratofortress.html

ICBM Force

Minuteman III ICBM (LGM-30) Fact Sheet
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/LGM_30_Minuteman_III.html

Peacekeeper/MX ICBM (LGM-118A) Fact Sheet
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/LGM_118A_Peacekeeper.html

ICBM Requests for Proposal (RFPs) Homepage
http://farsite.hill.af.mil/rfpso/icbm/icbmhom.html
Contracting opportunities relating to life extension and modification of the ICBM force.

Ballistic Missile Submarine Force

Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs) Fact Sheet
http://www.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/shipssbn.html

Trident Strategic Weapons System Program Fact Sheet
http://www.acq-ref.navy.mil/tswsp.html

Trident Logistics Data System
http://www.nismc.navy.mil/budget/43IT2Z.HTM

Trident Planned Equipment Replacement Program (TRIPER)
http://www.submepp.navy.mil/triper/

QUICK GUIDES TABLE 16 Trident Submarine Homepages USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/734page.htm USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/735page.htm USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/736page.htm USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/737page.htm USS Maryland (SSBN-738) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/738page.htm USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/739page.htm USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/740page.htm USS Maine (SSBN-741) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/741page.htm USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/742page.htm

Private Submarine-Related Homepages

Groton: The Submarine Capital of the World
http://www.courant.com/ct/attract/subbase.htm

Ron Martini's Navy Submarine Base
http://wave.sheridan.wy.us/~rontini/ronpage.html

Submarine Homepage
http://www.cftnet.com/members/sturgeon

SUBNET: Cyberspace Association of U.S. Submariners (CAUSS)
http://www.subnet.com/

SUBWAR Network
http://www.webcom.com/subwar/

QUICK GUIDES TABLE 17 Domestic Bases Where Nuclear Weapons and Systems are Deployed Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, WA -- Trident, nuclear warheads http://www.nsb.navy.mil/index.html Barksdale AFB, LA (2nd Bomber Wing) -- B-52H, nuclear warheads http://www.barksdale.af.mil/bafb.html Dyess AFB, TX (7th Wing) -- B-1B, nuclear warheads http://www.dyess.af.mil/ Ellsworth AFB, SD (28th Bomber Wing) -- B-1B, nuclear warheads http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/ F.E. Warren AFB, WY -- MX, Minuteman III, nuclear warheads http://www.warren.af.mil Grand Forks AFB, ND -- Minuteman III, nuclear warheads http://www321mg.gf-net.af.mil/ A brief history of the 321st Missile Group submitted to the Congressional Record is located at http://rs9.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r104:FLD001:E50560. Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA -- Trident, nuclear warheads http://www.gnatnet.net/~kingsbay/welcome.htm Kirtland AFB, NM -- Nuclear warhead storage http://www.kirtland.af.mil Malmstrom AFB, MT -- Minuteman III, nuclear warheads http://www.malmstrom.af.mil/ McConnell AFB, KS (184th Bomb Squadron) -- B-1B http://131.61.25.239.80/184bw http://ks.ang.af.mil/184bw Minot AFB, ND (5th Bomber Wing) -- B-52H, Minuteman III, nuclear warheads http://www.minot.af.mil/ Mountain Home AFB, ID (366th Wing) -- B-1B http://www.mountainhome.af.mil/ Naval Air Station North Island, CA -- Tomahawk SLCM warhead storage http://www.nasni.navy.mil/ Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, VA -- Tomahawk SLCM warhead storage http://www.noclant.navy.mil/yorktown/index.html Nellis AFB, NV -- Nuclear warhead storage http://www.nellis.af.mil/ Robins AFB, GA (128th Bomb Squadron) -- B-1B http://www.robins.af.mil/ Whiteman AFB, MO (509th Bomber Wing) -- B-2, nuclear warheads http://www.whiteman.af.mil/

Non-strategic Nuclear Forces

Tomahawk Sea-launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Fact Sheet
http://www.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-toma.html

Cruise Missile Mission Planning Systems Logistics and Planning Support
http://www-code42.nosc.mil/D42/projects/alpha/proj_42.html

Tomahawk Baseline Improvement Program (Navy Fact Sheet)
http://www.acq-ref.navy.mil/tbip.html

Tomahawk Mission Planning Center
http://www-code42.nosc.mil/D42/projects/alpha/proj_48.html

Tomahawk Operational Test and Evaluation Program
http://www.dote.osd.mil/reports/FY95/thawk.html

QUICK GUIDES TABLE 18 Foreign Bases Where Nuclear Weapons are Deployed* Aviano AB, Italy -- Nuclear bombs http://www.avi.af.mil/ Incirlik AB, Turkey -- Nuclear bombs http://www.incirlik.af.mil/ RAF Lakenheath, UK -- Nuclear bombs http://www.lakenheath.af.mil/ \ Ramstein AB, Germany -- Nuclear bombs http://www.usafe.af.mil/ramstein.htm Spangdahlem AB, Germany -- Nuclear bombs http://www.spangdahlem.af.mil * Additionally, nuclear bombs are stored at Kleine Broegel AB, Belgium; Buechel AB, Germany; Araxos AB, Greece; Ghedi-Torre AB, Italy; and Volkel AB, Netherlands.

Nuclear Weapons Command and Control

Defense Improved Emergency Message Automatic Transmission System (IEMATS) Replacement Command and Control Terminal Program
http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil/tbbs/R53/RFP53.htm

Global Command & Control System (GCCS) Homepage
http://204.34.175.79/
http://164.117.208.50/
Ambitious DOD-wide project to replace the Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS).

Strategic Command Computing Environment STRATCOM Architecture (CESAR)
http://www.stratcom.af.mil/cesar/cesar.htm
Procurement of the Strategic War Planning System (SWPS), intelligence architecture, and the C4ISR study.

Accidents, Safety, Security and Transportation

Advisory Committee on External Regulation of Department of Energy Nuclear Safety
http://www.em.doe.gov/acd/index.html
Status reports, staff papers, subcommittee and internal working group reports, and final report.

Nuclear Safety Rules, Orders, and Guidance
http://cted.inel.gov/cted/eh31/nsrog.html
Repository of applicable laws, regulations, and DOE accepted practices relating to nuclear safety.

Nuclear Power Emergency Preparedness Planning
http://www.indirect.com/www/ceridgac/index.html

Partnership for Peace Emergency Preparedness Program
http://www.dtic.mil/defenselink/emerg/reports/
Including the proceedings of the International Civil Defense Exercise held in Nemencine, Lithuania.

Sandia Laboratory Transportation Systems Center Homepage
http://www.sandia.gov/Trans_Tech/9600.html
http://www.ca.sandia.gov/Transport/index.html
The DOE organization responsible for the transportation of nuclear weapons and materials in the United States.