W-87 warhead,471
W-88 warhead,470-71
Walker,John,464-65
Wallace,George C.,304-5
Wallace,Ronald O.,Sergeant,24
Wallace,Wayne,Major
at Titan Ⅱ accident site,390
Titan Ⅱ explosion,397,401
Walske,Carl,325-26
Walters,Barbara,16
Warheads. See entries under W,for example,W-53 warheadWarning systems
Ballistic Missile Early Warning System(BMEWS),178,252-53computers,use in,152-53
Distant Early Warning(DEW)Line,151-53,252flaws of,252-55,286-87,290,365-68,447-48North American Air Defense Command(NORAD),152,365-68satellites in,269,303
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment(SAGE),153-54,252Water tanks,in launch complex,31,66
Watkins,James D.,454-55
Watson,Thomas J.,Jr.,253
Weak link/strong link safety,331-32,372,377,449-50,455-56,468Weapons deactivation
Titan Ⅱ accident,422-23
training in,415-18
Weapons labs,scientists and engineers of,ⅹⅶWeapons Systems Evaluation Group(WSEG)
function of,ⅹⅹⅲ
Report No.50,251-55
Webb,James,88
Webster,Douglas M.,Lieutenant,312
Weinberger,Caspar,434-35,443-44
Weisskopf,Victor,36,43
Wells,H.G.,37
Wells,Jackie,Captain,214
Wendorf,Charles J.,Captain,315
Wessel,Glen H.,Senior Airman,341-43
Whirlwind computer,152-53
White,Frank,115
White,Thomas D.,General,267
White House,bomb shelter of,155
Wiesner,Jerome,265,270
Wiley,Jimmy D.,Sergeant,391
Willinghurst,Richard D.,29,58
Wilson,Charles E.,165-66
Wilson,Frank,418
Window of vulnerability,363-64
Winner,Langdon,464
Wohlstetter,Albert,149














