Greatly enjoyed chatting with Dr. Vince Houghton about his fun read Nuking The Moon. Vince also has a great job as the historian at The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. There are lots of stories about U.S. Government plans like putting listening devices into cats to tap the Soviets, bat bombs, false flag measures in Miami against Castro and the Cubans, and the secrets behind Area 51.
When Neil Armstrong announced that the Eagle had landed on July 20, 1969, the world listened. The first moon landing was the culmination of a presidential resolution firmly anchored in a wartime -- albeit a Cold War -- objective. Far less known, until now, are the many military plots and schemes aimed at countering the Soviets that never made it off the drawing board -- even though many were as technologically ground-breaking and breathtaking in their boldness. The stories of these amazing plans are revealed in Vince Houghton's new book: Nuking the Moon, and Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots left on the drawing board. Stratfor's Chief Security Officer, Fred Burton, spoke to the author and curator of the International Spy Museum about what worked and what didn't.
