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Haig's Command...
...command the first black regiment in the war against slavery was an ambiguous honor, particularly since slavery was still legal. Only after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 could Governor John Andrew of Massachusetts recruit a black regiment, and though he promised equal pay of $13 a month, the War Department voted only $10. The Confederates reacted by announcing that any black soldiers taken prisoner would be treated as runaway slaves, and their white officers considered guilty of incitement to insurrection, both subject to the death penalty...
During a nuclear attack, Soviet missiles would arrive in at most 30 minutes after they have been detected, in ten minutes or less if launched from submarines. If the computer system seems to indicate the highly unlikely event of a completely unexpected attack, the U.S. military command quickly sends recallable bombers and control aircraft into the air, and a series of conferences is held. "Routine" missile display conferences are held whenever U.S. satellites or radars are changed because these changes can upset the computer system. Missile display conferences are also held whenever there is uncertainty about how to interpret...
June 3, 1980: A faulty circuit in a NORAD computer caused false messages to be sent to two command posts. Alert bomber crews were ordered to start engines, and the Pacific Command aircraft took...
...issued a report on the June 1980 alerts. Their report emphasized that it took only a few minutes to discover that there was no real attack, and that many steps must be taken before a missile can actually be launched. However, during the June 3 false alert the Pacific Command took off after the Commander of NORAD had confirmed that there was no threat. In the words of the report, "There seemed to be an air of confusion...