The only ‘accidental’ discharge or ignition of an atomic device on U.S. soil in the history of nuclear weaponry had come to be blamed on me. Not the United States Navy, which was present; not ex-Navy Seal Marcinko, who was present; and not my control...
I was on the stern of the Princess, lying across the stern stoop cushion stretching from one side of the hull to the other, a vortex of gentle winds blowing across my body. The aroma of sea brine and the faint, tiny drops of moisture created by the boat’s...
Los Alamos National Laboratory was the facility to which enriched elements were shipped from the Oak Ridge enrichment facility in Tennessee. The gas centrifuge plant is the single largest structure on the planet where all enrichment is performed for atomic or nuclear...
Given the data provided by Peter Kohler, there was no way I could call in a dust off on the island, as I’d planned, using the Huey Cobras. The ‘tube’ that led down into the underground or underground sand repository below the island had to be fragile...
I stood still outside the hotel lobby exit to the harbor, looking at the boats, gently bobbing in their slips, only one boat of real interest to me. We’d all worked into the night on getting everything loaded and ready, like I was loaded and ready. There was no...