The Iceman That Never Came
‘Project Iceworm’, the search for a Nato deterrent, and Denmark, 1960–1962
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11992151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nikolaj Petersen (0000-0002-1172-0105, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-98 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0346-8755 • E-ISSN: 1502-7716 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03468750701449554 |
| OpenAlex | W1537612377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 9 |
The article deals with the so‐called Project Iceworm for the mobile deployment of up to 600 MRBMs under the Greenland Icecap. It was designed around 1960 by the US Army as its bid for a share in the US strategic deterrent, and later presented as a candidate for a NATO nuclear force. The project was considered favourably in the higher echelons of the Kennedy Administration, who were cautiously optimistic concerning the possibility of getting the necessary consent from the Danish Government. An analysis of Denmark's nuclear policy demonstrates the utter lack of realism of this assumption, but the project failed on other – mainly technical and organizational – grounds and was never broached to the Danes
Administration (probate law · Danish · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Political science · Realism · Software deployment · Engineering · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Philosophy · Public Administration
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Islands of abandoned projects
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,72 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |