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Bed of nails defense
- ... that in order to protect the Minuteman missile silos from attack, Richard Garwin proposed using a bed of nails? Source: Garwin
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- Comment: quite possibly the strangest yet also illuminating articles on cold war politics
Created by Maury Markowitz (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 197 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC).
- Very fascinating article; I had never heard of such a thing. Article is good and hook is interesting. I don't have access to the source so will assume good faith. Just waiting on a QPQ. —Panamitsu (talk) 08:02, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've added a link to JSTOR for the Garvin (1976) magazine article, which I hope will help. I note that almost all of the references are those of Richard Garwin, published over the span of about a decade, and that the proposal was never implemented. Nevertheless, and interesting article with an engaging hook that's also accurate! Klbrain (talk) 14:27, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Klbrain: QPQ Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)