Nuking the Moon Quotes

“The good news is that several of the bats flew straight to the constructed test village, designed to simulate a Japanese town, and burned it to the ground. The bad news is that other bats flew to the operational airfield—and its hangars, and control tower, and barracks, and offices. Because the project was so secret, the team did not have firefighters on hand—this would have looked too conspicuous. Even the commander of the Carlsbad base was not in the “need to know,” so when he showed up with his fire team, he was prohibited from entering his own facility. He—and everyone else—just had to wait and watch the airfield burn.”
― Vince Houghton, Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board

“Richelieu didn’t care if he trampled a liberty (or two). The protection of the crown was paramount: “If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.”
― Vince Houghton, Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board