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Dan Whipple

Dan Whipple is a writer and editor who has written extensively about nuclear weapons in Wyoming. He currently splits his time between Boulder, Colorado and Nairobi, Kenya. E-mail

Wyoming's Nuclear Might: Warren AFB in the Cold War

The history of nuclear weapons in Wyoming is intimately connected to the F. E. Warren Air Force Base, which in turn is tied to the global development of rocketry and nuclear might. If Wyoming were a nation, Warren AFB in Cheyenne would make it one of the world’s major nuclear powers. Its history with nuclear weapons in Wyoming is tied closely to the worldwide tensions of the Cold War, and with the development of missile-based nuclear weapons systems.

Essay : November 30, 2010 - 4:33pm