Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine

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Taller in length than the Washington Monument, wider at its center than a three-lane highway, the 18,750-ton Trident nuclear submarine is the most complex war machine the US Navy has ever produced: a $1.8 billion marvel crammed with more up to date military technology than any other vessel on the earth. Deep beneath the ocean it can sail for months, undetectable to enemies.

Now for the first time, veteran Time magazine correspondent Douglas C. Waller — granted more get entry to to such a awesome submarines than any journalist before — penetrates the silent, secret world of nuclear subs, taking you on a tension-packed, three-month patrol under the Atlantic Ocean inside the usS. Nebraska, fondly nicknamed Big Red. In chilling detail, witnessed through the eyes of the men on board and told in their own words, Big Red reveals the top-secret procedures for starting World War III, including secret codes, elaborate fail-secure mechanisms, and highly classified battle tactics for nuclear combat. It is a ride you can never omit.

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