Interview with Glenn Kent, 1986 [1]

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Title:
Interview with Glenn Kent, 1986 [1]
Description:
Lt. Gen. Glenn Kent spent most of his career, beginning in 1953, in Air Force planning, and research and development. He rose to become Director of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group in 1972. In the interview he describes the formation of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff (JSTPS), which aimed at creating the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) for employment of nuclear weapons. He describes the Air Force's efforts to further this goal, and the reservations of the other military branches, especially the Navy. He also explains how the Air Force calculates weapons requirements, and responds to the contention that it allocated too many weapons to each target, and could have managed with far lower numbers.
Interviewee:
Kent, Glenn A., 1915-
Date:
March 13, 1986
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Subjects:
United States. Dept. of Defense
Nuclear warfare
United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States. Navy
United States. Army
Single Integrated Operational Plan
Nuclear disarmament
Gates, Thomas S.
Rathjens, George W.
Nuclear weapons
United States. Air Force
Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982
Enthoven, Alain C., 1930-
Places:
District of Columbia > Washington
Extent:
00:19:09:15
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BC3F4A506DB049A9BBE256E249F61046
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_BC3F4A506DB049A9BBE256E249F61046