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In honor of Veterans’ Day, we bring you a compelling story of China Lake, which answers the intriguing question, why would the U.S. Navy build a secret weapons base in the middle of the Mojave Desert? (Answer: It was the least likely place the enemy would look for a naval base!) Nothing is more enjoyable than reading a well-written history book that brings to light the contributions of a highly secretive organization.
As Christmas draws near, Government Book Talk revisits one of our most popular blog posts to coincide with the holiday. This article is Part 1 of a series on NORAD’s Santa Tracker by Government Book Talk, and tells the history of how a typo in 1955 holiday ad and a NORAD colonel’s heartwarming response to kids led to NORAD tracking Santa Claus (call sign “Big Red One”).
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