Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Highlight

He understood for a fact that the Soviet nuclear threat was not just overblown but also manufactured—science fiction. The Soviets didn’t have the range, either on missiles or bombers, and it was part of Franklin’s job to keep that quiet. That is, when he wasn’t “engaged in midair refueling of B-47 and B-52 bombers on routine espionage and provocation overflights of the Soviet Union.”