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The Bomb and America's Missile Age Quentin Devine In an era in whichThe intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), designed to quickly deliver thermonuclear weapons to distant targets, was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. More than a generation later, we are still living with the political, technological, and scientific effects of the space race, while nuclear armed ICBMs remain on alert and in the headlines around the world. In The Bomb and