The Cold War generated many military weapons and military systems designed to keep the United States safe from a first strike attack by the Soviet Union. Cold War confessions is the human, inside story of how those weapons and systems, both the successful and the not so successful, were built and operated. Specifically, the background, the history, the deployment, and the operation of the Minuteman Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is described and explained. The reader need not be a rocket scientist to appreciate this book, as the people who worked on Minuteman are in the foreground while the technical details are kept in the background. Cold War Confessions is replete with humans and their strengths and foibles. From the manager who bought "8,000 rolls of seconds in toilet paper," to the technician who ate his dinner off the shelves while he shopped in a supermarket. to the retired colonel who ran afoul of "The Turkey Thief," the book is filled with rich characters. Cold War Confessions is a tribute to all the individuals, whether in the military, the government, or the private sector, who worked tirelessly to keep our country safe during this stressful period of our history.

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Jay Carp worked over thirty years in military electronics for General Telephone and Electronics. His career took him to Thule, Greenland, to work on the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS). He was also part of team developing a radar system for use in Vietnam to locate enemy mortars and artillery shells. For twenty years, he worked entirely on Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) systems. When Minuteman was first deployed at the Grand Forks Air force Base in North Dakota, he was there working directly with the Strategic Air Command (SAC). His experiences gave him an understanding of the Air Force operational problems over and above any technical considerations. He gained full familiarity with the Minuteman, MX, Peacekeeper and Rail Garrison missile systems. During the years he worked, he was a field engineer, test supervisor, troubleshooter, project engineer and project manager. His last field assignment was as GTE Site Manager at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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