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Marin Was Once Armed With Nuclear Missiles, Luckily They Were Never Deployed
FromBay Curious
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bay Curious listener Chris Johanson wants to know whether the Nike Missile site in the Marin Headlands ever housed nuclear weapons. It's true. Veterans say the Cold War missile batteries that ringed the Bay Area housed warheads that more than equaled the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs combined.
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Marin Was Once Armed With Nuclear Missiles, Luckily They Were Never Deployed
Reported by Craig Miller. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Suzie Racho and Katie McMurran. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.
Additional Reading:
Marin Was Once Armed With Nuclear Missiles, Luckily They Were Never Deployed
Reported by Craig Miller. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Suzie Racho and Katie McMurran. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.
Released:
Apr 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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