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The unbelievable true story of an American Cold War scheme to detonate nuclear bombs in space is revealed in this military history exposé.

The summer of 1958 was a nerve-racking time. The Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik drew America into a game of nuclear one-upmanship. Tensions escalated between the two superpowers over their respective nuclear weapons reserves, both sides desperate for a solution to the imminent threat of massive destruction. In America, an outlandish yet ingenious idea was raised by the eccentric physicist Nicholas Christofilos: launching atomic bombs into outer space to fry incoming Soviet ICBMs with an artificial radiation belt. Known as Project Argus, this secret plan was the riskiest scientific experiment in history. In Burning the Sky, Mark Wolverton draws on recently declassified sources to tell this incredible, unknown story. Burning the Sky chronicles Christofilos''s unconventional idea from its inception to executionwhe

Burning the Sky Operation Argus and the Untold

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      Publisher: Overlook Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/11/2018
      ISBN13: 9781468314175, 978-1468314175
      ISBN10: 1468314173

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The unbelievable true story of an American Cold War scheme to detonate nuclear bombs in space is revealed in this military history exposé.

      The summer of 1958 was a nerve-racking time. The Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik drew America into a game of nuclear one-upmanship. Tensions escalated between the two superpowers over their respective nuclear weapons reserves, both sides desperate for a solution to the imminent threat of massive destruction. In America, an outlandish yet ingenious idea was raised by the eccentric physicist Nicholas Christofilos: launching atomic bombs into outer space to fry incoming Soviet ICBMs with an artificial radiation belt. Known as Project Argus, this secret plan was the riskiest scientific experiment in history. In Burning the Sky, Mark Wolverton draws on recently declassified sources to tell this incredible, unknown story. Burning the Sky chronicles Christofilos''s unconventional idea from its inception to executionwhe

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