Former Nuke Commander Talks Security at MSU
Retired Maj. Gen. Don Alston oversaw nuclear weapons at a variety of levels during the 34 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force. At the peak of his career, before retiring in 2012, he was in command of the entire U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile alert force, a job that included operating, maintaining and securing 450 Minuteman III missiles housed in underground silos in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming.