Safeguard References

A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program (film): Producer: Bell Labs for the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command
Producer: Film Enterprises, Inc., New York, NY
Date: Unknown
Available as part of the "Media Pack" on the SRMSC Reunion Merchandise page. ($)
Video Clips
321^st Missile Wing at Grand Forks: Cold War Legacy: An Air Force pamphlet with detailed information about the now deactivated 321^st Missile Wing that was based at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Safeguard was deployed to protect this wing's Minuteman missiles. Included are several color photos of artwork done by launch crews at some of the launch control centers.
Author: ?
Publisher: U.S. Air Force
Date: ?
PDF Document 895k.
ABM Research and Development at Bell Laboratories: Project History: Author:
Publisher: Bell Labs for the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command
Date: 1975
PDF Files
Antiballistic Missile System Evaluation: Discussion of simulations that were employed to evaluate the Safeguard system design.
Author: MAJ Craig R. Ailles
Publisher: Army Research & Development News Magazine
Date: May 1974
PDF Document 129k.
Archie to SAM: A Short Operational History of Ground-Based Air Defense: An update to Kenneth Werrell's Archie, Flak, AAA, and SAM published in 1988. He continues to study ground-based air defense systems in new events, including the Gulf War.
Author: Kenneth P. Werrell
Publisher: Air University Press
Date: 2005
Available via free download or hardcopy purchase at Air University Press
Army Air Artillery Defense School, Ft. Bliss, TX: Author: Designed and produced by HNTB Corp. in co-operation with Miratek Corp.
Publisher: Ft. Bliss
Date:
PDF Document 3m.
Atomic Journeys (Welcome to Ground Zero) (video): Contains dramatic archive film footage done during the nuclear explosion test of the ~ 5 Megaton SPARTAN missile warhead conducted beneath Amchitka Island, Alaska.
Producer: vce.com - Atomic Central
Date: 1999
The Bell System Technical Journal, Special Supplement, Safeguard Data-Processing System: Author: various
Publisher: American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Date: 1975
PDF Files
Communications for Safeguard: Provides a non-technical overview of the Safeguard Communications Agency (SAFCA)
Author: Donald F. Hemphill, LTC, U.S. Army
Publisher: Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Date: 1972
PDF Document 843k.
To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program Antiballistic Missiles (ABMs): the Safeguard System: USA-CERL Special Report, N-97/01
Author: John C. Lonnquest, David F. Winkler
Publisher: Dept. of Defense, Legacy Resource Management Program, Cold War Project
Date: Nov 1996
Future Air Defense Missile Systems: This 1969 Army training manual provides an excellent introduction to phased array radar, the Safeguard system, and the SAM-D system (early version of Patriot). It's in three pdf files that were originally on Rolf D. Görigk's Nike Missile site, which unfortunately no longer exists.
Publisher: U.S. Army Missile and Munitions Center and School
Date: Jun 1969
PDF Document 1 499k:
> Lesson 1: Phased Array Antennas (part 1)
PDF Document 2 473k:
> Lesson 1: Phased Array Antennas (part 2)
> Lesson 2: Safeguard (part 1)
PDF Document 3 682k:
> Lesson 2: Safeguard (part 2)
> Lesson 3: The SAM-D MIssile System (Patriot)
Historic American Engineering Record: The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex: HAER Document Numbers: ND-9, ND-9-A through ND-9-Z, ND-9-AA through ND-9-AU
Authors: Historical Office, U.S. Army Space and Stratgic Defense Command: James A. Walker (Command Historic Preservation Officer), Frances Martin and Sharon Watkins (Historians); Teledyne Brown Engineering: Mark E. Hubbs (Historian); Earth Tech: James E. Zielinski (Environmental Specialist)
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Date: Sept 1996
See the HABS/HAER Collection web site for more information.
A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System, National Service in War And Peace (1925-1975): Author: Members of the Bell Labs Technical Staff, M. D. Fagen, Editor
Publisher: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.
Date: 1978
A History of the Huntsville Division 15 October 1967 - 31 December 1976: Information on construction of the SRMSC as well as the aborted Montana site.
Author: James H. Kitchens, III
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, AL
Date: Sept 1978
PDF Files
Missile Defense Thirty Years Ago: Deja Vu All Over Again?: A history of the U.S. ABM deployment from a political perspective with implications for the current NMD system. Includes original letters, memos, telegrams, etc. from Nixon, Kissinger, and others involved in the deployment of Sentinel/Safeguard.
Editor: William Burr
Website: The National Security Archive, George Washington University
Date: Dec 2000
Nike Zeus: America's First Anti-Ballistic Missile: The pioneering U.S. Army effort to develop an ICBM defense system that ultimately evolved into the Safeguard Spartan missile subsystem.
Author: Missile Defense Agency Historian
Publisher: Missile Defense Agency
Date: September 2006
PDF Document 4.4m
Nukes in Space (The Rainbow Bombs) (video): Contains several clips of the Safeguard installation and a Sprint launch sequence.
Producer: vce.com - Atomic Central
Date: 1999
Video Clips
The Origins of SDI 1944-1983: Author: Donald R. Baucom
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Date: 1995
Back in print: www.kansaspress.ku.edu
Rings of Supersonic Steel (2nd Edition): Information on anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missile systems.
Includes a U.S. Army Air Defense Site Guide (by defense area).
Authors: Mark Berhow and Mark Morgan
Date: Jun 2002 (2nd edition)
Click here for more information.
Safeguard -- A Step Toward Peace: Author: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Division
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Division
Date:
Excerpts: MSR Launch Area, Launch Area EDC's, LAUT, RLOB
Safeguard ABM Defense System: General overview of the Safeguard system, with an interesting discussion about the Safeguard System Master Plan (SSMP) Part 2.08, Safeguard Design Threat and the intelligence inputs to it.
Author: LTC Robert C. Westerfeldt
Publisher: Army Research & Development News Magazine
Date: Dec 1972
PDF Document 265k.
Safeguard Missile Training Program, Ft. Bliss, TX: Author: Designed and produced by HNTB Corp.
Publisher: Ft. Bliss
Date: 2008
PDF Document 4m.
Seize the High Ground; The U.S. Army In Space and Missile Defense: Authors: Dr. James Walker, Dr. Lewis Bernstein, Mrs. Sharon Lang
Publisher: Historical Office, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Date: 2003
PDF version available at Space & Missile Defense Command
The Shield of Faith; The Hidden Struggle for Strategic Defense: Author: B. Bruce-Briggs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, Inc.
Date: 1988
SMDC History - The First ABM Site in the Free World: Timeline of events related to R&D, political decisions, and deployment of the SRMSC.
Also see Strategic Defense: Four Decades of Progress
Authors: ?
Publisher: U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Date: ?
MS Word document 54k
Strategic Defense: Four Decades of Progress: Timeline of events related to R&D, political decisions, and deployment of ballistic missile defense.
Also see SMDC History - The First ABM Site in the Free World
Author: James A. Walker, Frances Martin, Sharon S. Watkins
Publisher: Historical Office, U.S. Army Space & Strategic Defense Command
Date: 1995
PDF Document 79k.
U.S. Army Depot, Safeguard: Provided supply and maintenance support to tactical Safeguard units.
Author: U.S. Army Safeguard Logistics Command (SAFLOG)
Publisher: U.S. Army Safeguard Logistics Command (SAFLOG)
Date: 1972
PDF Document 357k.
Weapons of World War 3: Author: William J. Koenig
Publisher: Bison Books Limited
Date: 1981
W/SC Telephone Directory: Western Electric / Subcontractors telephone directory containing the names of hundreds of personnel working on activation of the SRMSC complex.
Author:
Contributed by: Roger Thompson
Publisher: Western Electric Company
Date: Sept 1974

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