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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:46:58 PM EDT
Youtube recommended it to me, and it was a good choice. This guy does a great job.
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Current missile sites open for tours: Titan Missile Museum, Pima AZMinuteman Missile National Historic Park Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Historic Site, Cooperstown, ND Oscar 01 Missile Site, Whiteman AFB, MO |
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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:47:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:48:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:49:15 PM EDT
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I got to turn a Minutemen key at FE Warren
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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:50:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:52:56 PM EDT
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The two key slots are separated by 87 inches. Too funny.
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:11:19 PM EDT
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I went there last year and got to turn the key myself - definitely worth a visit.
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:20:35 PM EDT
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When I first went to the recruiter office, I wanted the job to launch nuclear missiles. I wanted to kill millions. He told me that's an officer job... Sucks.
The recruiter thankfully told me about TACP, and how I can instead launch missiles off aircraft. Way better outcome in the end for me. |
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:23:39 PM EDT
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I have been on that tour, it was fucking awesome! Had a different tour guide though.
All that equiptment still works. If there was a real missle in the silo it would have launched. |
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:44:06 PM EDT
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@limaxray  AC/DC - Heatseeker (Official Video) |
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:48:01 PM EDT
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very cool
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:51:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:55:51 PM EDT
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Pretty cool.
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Posted: 5/5/2019 11:57:55 PM EDT
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Quote History@Grendelsbane
Haven't seen him around in a while |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 12:03:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryReally enjoyed his videos. I really want to go take that tour some day. Also would love to take a radio and hook up to their giant HF discone antenna. 
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Posted: 5/6/2019 12:10:09 AM EDT
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Cool
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Posted: 5/6/2019 12:13:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2019 1:21:45 AM EDT
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I went there last year and got to turn the key myself - definitely worth a visit. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 1:34:38 AM EDT
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Really enjoyed his videos. I really want to go take that tour some day. Also would love to take a radio and hook up to their giant HF discone antenna. https://i.redd.it/9tlm3dr0smt21.jpg |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 1:35:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What's the gain on that antenna? |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 2:20:17 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2019 2:27:24 AM EDT
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Details please. Where is it located? Cost? etc. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I went there last year and got to turn the key myself - definitely worth a visit. https://titanmissilemuseum.org/ |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 2:43:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2019 2:46:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThats the one I was at in 2012.
Funfact: it was a single 9 megaton device sitting on top of a Gemini rocket. 
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Posted: 5/6/2019 2:49:27 AM EDT
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I worked as a caretaker at a Titian 1 facility (Moses Lake, Batum site apparently they grow weed there now?)
There is no real good way to describe the finality of them that dawns on you when seeing the details of their true end goal as literally nothing more than a "fuck you right back" system. For me it was the realization that once they seal up, they are isolated from outside air completely. All the outside breathing air can be cut off from special vents that react to the overpressure from getting nuked (or can be triggered manually). But when they close, that's it. You're living on what was trapped in the silo, and your only job then is to fuel the missiles, raise them, and shoot them back in retaliation. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 5:15:58 AM EDT
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My dad was a Titan missile technician in the early 70's. I got to see some of the missiles up close in the hangars at Davis Monthan AFB. Never was in a silo since, at the time, they kept them locked up tighter than a nun's habit.
A decade or so ago he took the tour of the silo and said everything was just as he remembered it right down to the lingering smell of rocket fuel. We passed one site daily on our way to school. Lots of fond memories growing up out there. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 5:21:55 AM EDT
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I guarded minuteman silos while Maintenance teams worked on missiles or alarm systems at Whiteman Air Force base back in 1985. Now Whiteman is a B2 bomber base.
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Posted: 5/6/2019 6:43:15 AM EDT
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I got a tour or the Groton Naval Base in CT when I was in my HS JROTC.
They had a simulator for the Polaris ICBM. This was in 1980. It was already on its way out. We were told all this equipment can be stripped and installed in a another Polaris ballistic missile sub if needed. Two people turn the keys, and there was literally a joy stick used to launch each missile. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 6:57:38 AM EDT
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I went there last year and got to turn the key myself - definitely worth a visit. https://titanmissilemuseum.org/ |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 6:59:14 AM EDT
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 Both Keys at the Same Time? |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 7:16:42 AM EDT
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Need to watch the documentary of when they blew the doors of a titan silo in Arkansas and the warhead with it. Took them a day or so to find the warhead.
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Posted: 5/6/2019 7:21:03 AM EDT
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Son in law was previously stationed at Malmstrom. I couple of months before I went out to visit he called me and started asking a bunch of personal questions. Turns out he was setting up a tour for a live launch facility. I had the opportunity to attend the morning brief for launch crews before they left the base for the field. I had to leave the room for a few minutes when classified detail was discussed but was able to attend bulk of morning meeting for launch Officers. I believe we toured (B) Bravo launch facility which was approximately 40 minutes. Pulled into facility which looks like a house on a hill fortified with fence etc. We met the support crew and toured their AO up top before taking elevator down to launch control room.
I felt like we were going back in time. The first thing I noticed was the massive blast door as I walked off of elevator. The door led to a small control panel manned by two young Officers. There are two padlocks and yes there are switches that are marked “launch” just like in the movies. I felt very fortunate to be able to tour a live launch facility and was struck by the awesome amount of power that was there. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 7:34:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2019 7:47:29 AM EDT
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I live close to the old Nike Air Base Wilmington, OH. We visited the air Base as Cub scouts in the late 1960's while it was actively protecting our country. I was old enough to comprehend that if those rockets were launched I would see it from my house, and it would probably be one of the last thing I would see.
Scary shit for a kid. BTW the base and silos are still there. The buildings are used by the local MRDD folks. Kind of appropriate. The barracks down the road now but in a cow pasture a silent reminder of our past local history. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 7:49:48 AM EDT
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FPNI
I was blown away (again) by some of the interesting people we have as members, when I first saw him post about 'work'. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 7:51:38 AM EDT
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These are cool buildings
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Posted: 5/6/2019 8:55:28 AM EDT
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Youtube recommended it to me, and it was a good choice. This guy does a great job.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVZmFISzqwY |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:26:53 AM EDT
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Bolt cutter and a Titian computer bypass kit is all I need.
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:28:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:28:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:29:49 AM EDT
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Youtube recommended it to me, and it was a good choice. This guy does a great job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVZmFISzqwYAlso, a killer, that fuel mix they had was a devil's brew. Dangerous as hell. I haven't been on that tour (yet), but I did tour the completely refurbished Titan II site at Vandenberg. In the late 80s they had refurbed it for a test launch, then cancelled the program, so the launch never happened. The site was NICE, also huge, compared to Minuteman. A freakin' Ramada Inn underground. Lots more complicated than MM, that's for sure. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:37:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In b4 dinner recipe 
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:48:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody's asked me a question yet. 
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:55:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Favorite grilled cheese? 
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Posted: 5/6/2019 9:56:22 AM EDT
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I would love to tour one of those
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Posted: 5/6/2019 10:02:28 AM EDT
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That tech appears ancient and yet the entire world hung on its functionality.
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Posted: 5/6/2019 10:07:47 AM EDT
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Nobody's asked me a question yet. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Does the launch crew know what the target(s) are? |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 10:10:49 AM EDT
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Went there a couple of years ago. The whole place is top notch. The docent that guided our tour was a missile officer back in the day. Seriously cool museum and tour. I highly recommend it! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I went there last year and got to turn the key myself - definitely worth a visit. https://titanmissilemuseum.org/ |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 10:11:01 AM EDT
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That tech appears ancient and yet the entire world hung on its functionality. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 10:15:48 AM EDT
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It was state-of-the-art for its day. Also, for some applications old fashioned tech is still the best solution. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That tech appears ancient and yet the entire world hung on its functionality. |
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Posted: 5/6/2019 10:16:07 AM EDT
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