War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Robert Walquist, 1987
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Robert Walquist, 1987
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-513tt4fs7g
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Robert Walquist was a senior executive at TRW Corporation who was closely involved with research on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). He recalls that defense contractors generally reacted with surprise at President Reagan's speech announcing SDI. He goes on to explain some of the inner workings of defense contracting, how a company gets involved in a new government program, how it works with government laboratories and other institutions, and how it handles changing budget levels. He notes that SDI in some aspects has built on research - on lasers, for example - that has long been underway. He describes the current state of play on the laser test program with which TRW is involved, and what the next steps will be if the government chooses it over a rival program. He believes a space-based defense system will never be perfect but would provide protection for the population it serves.
- Date
- 1987-12-08
- Date
- 1987-12-08
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Antimissile missiles; Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory; defense contracts; Soviet Union. Treaties, etc. United States, 1972 May 26 (ABM); United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Soviet Union; United States; Reagan, Ronald; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Abrahamson, James A.; TRW Defense and Space Systems Group; Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; United States. Congress; United States. Dept. of Defense; Strategic Defense Initiative
- Rights
- Rights Note:,Rights:,Rights Credit:WGBH Educational Foundation,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:00:00
- Credits
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Walquist, Robert
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 539bd48bc2860db1cff493e6cab802bea3a54619 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Robert Walquist, 1987,” 1987-12-08, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 16, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-513tt4fs7g.
- MLA: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Robert Walquist, 1987.” 1987-12-08. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 16, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-513tt4fs7g>.
- APA: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Robert Walquist, 1987. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-513tt4fs7g