War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Wolfgang Panofsky, 1986
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Wolfgang Panofsky, 1986
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-n00zp3w63f
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Wolfgang Panofsky was a physicist at Stanford University who previously participated in the Manhattan Project and later advised Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon on nuclear matters. In the interview, he discusses the Nixon administration's concerns about vulnerability, which he tried to put in perspective for Henry Kissinger by pointing to the balancing survivability of the other legs of the triad. Based on similar conversations with Kissinger about MIRVs, he questions the veracity of the latter's later statements about not having been aware of the destabilizing nature of MIRVs. This is followed by a lengthy explanation of the history of MIRVs. From there Dr. Panofsky moves to a discussions of anti-ballistic missile systems, their functions and his views about such specifics as the inadequacy of the Safeguard system. In his view, the signing of the ABM treaty precluded the need for continuing the arms race.
- Date
- 1986-11-10
- Date
- 1986-11-10
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998; Packard, David, 1912-1996; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; Soviet Union. Treaties, etc. United States, 1972 May 26 (ABM); nuclear weapons; Nuclear arms control; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Deterrence (Strategy); Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles; Antimissile missiles; United States; Soviet Union; China; Kissinger, Henry, 1923-; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; United States. Dept. of Defense
- 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: Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 50621eeceecdbceee32e50a87b0285a16336c89c (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 Wolfgang Panofsky, 1986,” 1986-11-10, 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-n00zp3w63f.
- MLA: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Wolfgang Panofsky, 1986.” 1986-11-10. 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-n00zp3w63f>.
- APA: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Interview with Wolfgang Panofsky, 1986. 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-n00zp3w63f