The End of the World Was Run from Omaha
Tonight, The Common Room is on the road in Omaha, Nebraska.
At first glance, Omaha seems an unlikely place to begin a story about the end of the world.
But just a few miles from downtown, at Offutt Air Force Base, stood one of the most consequential command centers on Earth.
For decades, Strategic Air Command maintained America’s nuclear bombers, missiles and command systems in a state of extraordinary readiness. If the Cold War had ever turned hot, decisions made or transmitted through Nebraska could have helped determine the fate of civilization.
And Omaha’s connection to the atomic age…
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