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Ambinder, Marc. "Failure Shuts Down Squadron of Nuclear Missiles." The Atlantic. October 26, 2010. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/failure-shuts-down-squadron-of-nuclear-missiles/65207/.
Burns, Robert and Richard Lardner. " Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused." AP News. November 14, 2017. https://www.apnews.com/14eb66de62fc49b181680ccbd7394646.
Graff, Garrett M. "The President’s Secret Air Force." Politico. May 2, 2017. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/02/the-presidents-secret-air-force-215091.
Hering, Harold. "Nukes." Interview with Latif Nasser. Radiolab. Podcast audio, April 7, 2017. https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/nukes.
Knipp, Delores J., et al. "The May 1967 Great Storm and Radio Disruption Event: Extreme Space Weather and Extraordinary Responses." Space Weather 14 (2016): 614–633. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2016SW001423.