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Posted: 6/7/2015 7:42:00 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. What's in Sedalia? The Sierra bullet factory and possibly Starline brass. It used to be you could go into Sierra's and buy factory seconds of bullets by the pound. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 7:42:06 AM EDT
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My uncle had them on his farm in North Dakota. One was right across the highway from his house. The security police guys loved my aunt as she would cook food for them. They loved fried egg sandwiches and fresh fruit pies.
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Posted: 6/7/2015 7:42:50 AM EDT
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Then there's this:
http://weburbanist.com/2010/07/25/nuclear-family-housing-life-in-a-missile-silo-home/ Scroll down on page for video. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 7:44:06 AM EDT
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I've always wondered if Davis Montham was a target somewhere on some Russkie nuke list. If so, I'm proper fucked if the shizzle hits the fizzle. Yeah, I'm actually ON D-M right now. 
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:32:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:33:44 AM EDT
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For the record, the silos are the safest place to be.
Because in an actual nuclear exchange, they will be empty before the enemy can hit them. so sending nuclear weapons against empty silos is a waste of inventory. do you even game theory bro? |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:36:07 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. I-85? In Wyoming? I call BS. Lots of silos in my area, haven't seen much in the way of activity lately. Used to see a crew, heavily armed with helicopters, working on them now and then. They made you deter around the silos. Now and then you would see a missile above ground. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:37:47 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. that's true. you'd be much safer living next to a military base or a giant metro area |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:49:21 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. You are lost. You were lost. You need a map. Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major interstate highway in the Southeastern United States. Its current southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus interchanges with Interstate 95 in Petersburg, Virginia, near Richmond. It is nominally north-south, but physically mostly northeast-southwest. I grew up in a small town with the closest silo about 2 miles outside of town. Still active as far as I know, but I haven't gone up and rattled the fence to see if anyone will show up. The silos are all over the area it was just never a big deal, I always figured we would be some of the first to know if things really went to shit. But then again if there is a launch people are going to see them take off from a couple hundred of miles away I would think. Especially if it is night. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:56:13 AM EDT
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Grew up at VAFB in the '60's. Missiles going off every other week, night and day. Very cool for a kid. My dad was shooting those LGM-30s you saw. I was born at VAFB in '63. One of his shots: 
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:57:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I-85? In Wyoming? I call BS. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. I-85? In Wyoming? I call BS. Yeah, he must be confused between I-25 and I-80. And the old Atlas silos are a lot easier to see, pretty much the only ones actually visible while driving on the Interstate. Back when I drove I-80 a lot there was even one for sale in Nebraska right off the freeway(just west of the Kimball exit). Then about 10 miles east there is a MM3 silo right next to the off-ramp for Dix. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 8:59:28 AM EDT
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I grew up in Groves, TX... Surrounded by petroleum refineries.
If the balloon had went up, we would have died in a flash of light. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:02:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryBeen there, done that! Go 742nd! 
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:03:57 AM EDT
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Better to live right under the first one than be part of the aftermath.
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:24:33 AM EDT
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My BIL lives a mile and a half from an old Atlas E site that was part of the 548th squadron out of Topeka KS, it was operational from '61-'65. I never knew the site was there until last year when my wife and I were driving down a road that borders the farm we own and I asked her what the old concrete drive with the gate is. She said "it's the old missile base".
Curiosity has me wanting to take a walk down the road and check the base out. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:36:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: it was operational from '61-'65. 4 year service life. The amazing leaps in technology are surpassed only by the amazing amount of money spent on the programs. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:44:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've always wondered if Davis Montham was a target somewhere on some Russkie nuke list. If so, I'm proper fucked if the shizzle hits the fizzle. Oh, for sure. In the 1970s, the Soviets had enough nukes to hit everywhere. When I was in high school (late 70s) we were told that my area (Hill AFB) was on the Top 10 of the Soviet hit parade because of the Air Force Logistics Center there. But I have since found out there are a lot of places that made that claim. Kinda like something the local Chamber of Commerce would put on a welcome sign: "Welcome to Hick Falls, Arkansas: #5 on the Soviet Nuclear Hit List!" |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:49:03 AM EDT
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Yeah, he must be confused between I-25 and I-80. And the old Atlas silos are a lot easier to see, pretty much the only ones actually visible while driving on the Interstate. Back when I drove I-80 a lot there was even one for sale in Nebraska right off the freeway(just west of the Kimball exit). Then about 10 miles east there is a MM3 silo right next to the off-ramp for Dix. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. I-85? In Wyoming? I call BS. Yeah, he must be confused between I-25 and I-80. And the old Atlas silos are a lot easier to see, pretty much the only ones actually visible while driving on the Interstate. Back when I drove I-80 a lot there was even one for sale in Nebraska right off the freeway(just west of the Kimball exit). Then about 10 miles east there is a MM3 silo right next to the off-ramp for Dix. I'll have to look next time I go by, I'm about 80 miles from Kimball. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:49:15 AM EDT
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4 year service life. The amazing leaps in technology are surpassed only by the amazing amount of money spent on the programs. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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it was operational from '61-'65. 4 year service life. The amazing leaps in technology are surpassed only by the amazing amount of money spent on the programs. I agree, here is an aerial picture of the base now. 
to me it seems like a huge waste to spend millions of dollars on a site only to let it go when it's deemed obsolete. You'd think they could retrofit those old sites to hold the modern missiles. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:51:02 AM EDT
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My BIL lives a mile and a half from an old Atlas E site that was part of the 548th squadron out of Topeka KS, it was operational from '61-'65. I never knew the site was there until last year when my wife and I were driving down a road that borders the farm we own and I asked her what the old concrete drive with the gate is. She said "it's the old missile base". Curiosity has me wanting to take a walk down the road and check the base out. Do it. Take pictures, if the landowner will let you. There's several websites devoted to the current condition of missile sites. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:53:17 AM EDT
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Quick death, no radiation sickness. This. Who would want to try and survive a thermonuclear exchange ?! |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:56:01 AM EDT
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to me it seems like a huge waste to spend millions of dollars on a site only to let it go when it's deemed obsolete. You'd think they could retrofit those old sites to hold the modern missiles. Not at all. That's like saying you could easily retrofit a Wright Flyer to carry an AIM-9. In just 10 years, we went from liquid-fueled, radio-guided missiles with vacuum tubes in the guidance system, not much farther advanced from the V2, to a solid-fueled, inertially-guided, solid-state system. Light-year leaps in technology in a very short period of time. Read "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War", the story of Bernard Schreiver, and how he designed & built the missile systems. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:56:40 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. When it comes to nuclear war, I don't think it makes much difference if you're a hundred yards away from it, or a few miles.
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:58:42 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. What's in Sedalia? Sedalia, MO. Whiteman AFB. B-2's and, more importantly, A-10's.
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:59:38 AM EDT
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Yep that's them. I grew up in Missouri back when Whiteman had them. Saw silos on the side of the road there too. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Not much to them................That you can see, that is. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33490 Yep that's them. I grew up in Missouri back when Whiteman had them. Saw silos on the side of the road there too. Good old Sedalia is still a target, but a much nicer base, now. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 9:59:56 AM EDT
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Do it. Take pictures, if the landowner will let you. There's several websites devoted to the current condition of missile sites. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My BIL lives a mile and a half from an old Atlas E site that was part of the 548th squadron out of Topeka KS, it was operational from '61-'65. I never knew the site was there until last year when my wife and I were driving down a road that borders the farm we own and I asked her what the old concrete drive with the gate is. She said "it's the old missile base". Curiosity has me wanting to take a walk down the road and check the base out. Do it. Take pictures, if the landowner will let you. There's several websites devoted to the current condition of missile sites. Next time I'm down in KS I'll ask my BIL who owns the ground and see if I can get access to it. Even it the run down state the picture I found of it shows it would still be interesting to walk around it and know this was part of the country's line of defense during part of the Cold War. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:00:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not at all. That's like saying you could easily retrofit a Wright Flyer to carry an AIM-9. In just 10 years, we went from liquid-fueled, radio-guided missiles with vacuum tubes in the guidance system, not much farther advanced from the V2, to a solid-fueled, inertially-guided, solid-state system. Light-year leaps in technology in a very short period of time. Read "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War", the story of Bernard Schreiver, and how he designed & built the missile systems. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: to me it seems like a huge waste to spend millions of dollars on a site only to let it go when it's deemed obsolete. You'd think they could retrofit those old sites to hold the modern missiles. Not at all. That's like saying you could easily retrofit a Wright Flyer to carry an AIM-9. In just 10 years, we went from liquid-fueled, radio-guided missiles with vacuum tubes in the guidance system, not much farther advanced from the V2, to a solid-fueled, inertially-guided, solid-state system. Light-year leaps in technology in a very short period of time. Read "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War", the story of Bernard Schreiver, and how he designed & built the missile systems. Incidentally, the engineering program at my alma mater (Weber State) once used de-milled Minuteman missiles to put their satellites in orbit. https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jawsat |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:03:07 AM EDT
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I would have no objection to living near one.
Those missiles will never fly, you can be assured of that. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:15:19 AM EDT
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Oh, for sure. In the 1970s, the Soviets had enough nukes to hit everywhere. When I was in high school (late 70s) we were told that my area (Hill AFB) was on the Top 10 of the Soviet hit parade because of the Air Force Logistics Center there. But I have since found out there are a lot of places that made that claim. Kinda like something the local Chamber of Commerce would put on a welcome sign: "Welcome to Hick Falls, Arkansas: #5 on the Soviet Nuclear Hit List!"
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I've always wondered if Davis Montham was a target somewhere on some Russkie nuke list. If so, I'm proper fucked if the shizzle hits the fizzle. Oh, for sure. In the 1970s, the Soviets had enough nukes to hit everywhere. When I was in high school (late 70s) we were told that my area (Hill AFB) was on the Top 10 of the Soviet hit parade because of the Air Force Logistics Center there. But I have since found out there are a lot of places that made that claim. Kinda like something the local Chamber of Commerce would put on a welcome sign: "Welcome to Hick Falls, Arkansas: #5 on the Soviet Nuclear Hit List!"
Funny but true. Most people used to talk about how their area was on the Soviet target list. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:21:08 AM EDT
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Well, pick'em out.
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Yep that's them. I grew up in Missouri back when Whiteman had them. Saw silos on the side of the road there too. That one is T-43 just outside of Valier MT. Inactive for quite some time. I drive by it dozens of times per year. I only caught one silo identifier- it was either B-8 or B-9, can't remember. Well, pick'em out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing_LGM-30_Minuteman_Missile_Launch_Sites None in UT?? |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:21:34 AM EDT
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For the record, the silos are the safest place to be. Because in an actual nuclear exchange, they will be empty before the enemy can hit them. so sending nuclear weapons against empty silos is a waste of inventory. do you even game theory bro? I live in a town with auto manufacturing. I work in an Army warehouse (clothes, body armor,etc). In an "all out" nuclear war I'm just going to turn on a radio, listen to the news, and wait. I will have zero chance of escape unless I'm already in my car and my son is already with me. There would probably be four or five warheads heading toward my town. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:22:24 AM EDT
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I visited the Minuteman Missile NHS in South Dakota.
Then later, on a trip from South Dakota to Denver, dropped down from Scott's Bluff NE on Highway 71. It was cool seeing the active silos, launch control facilities, and occasionally passing an armed Humvee after I had learned all about them. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:25:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: None in UT?? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yep that's them. I grew up in Missouri back when Whiteman had them. Saw silos on the side of the road there too. That one is T-43 just outside of Valier MT. Inactive for quite some time. I drive by it dozens of times per year. I only caught one silo identifier- it was either B-8 or B-9, can't remember. Well, pick'em out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing_LGM-30_Minuteman_Missile_Launch_Sites None in UT?? It would have turned out differently if Jimmy The Geek had gotten his way with the MX system: http://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/23/us/pomp-and-mx-circumspection-for-utah-class-of-2.html |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:30:12 AM EDT
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Funny but true. Most people used to talk about how their area was on the Soviet target list. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've always wondered if Davis Montham was a target somewhere on some Russkie nuke list. If so, I'm proper fucked if the shizzle hits the fizzle. Oh, for sure. In the 1970s, the Soviets had enough nukes to hit everywhere. When I was in high school (late 70s) we were told that my area (Hill AFB) was on the Top 10 of the Soviet hit parade because of the Air Force Logistics Center there. But I have since found out there are a lot of places that made that claim. Kinda like something the local Chamber of Commerce would put on a welcome sign: "Welcome to Hick Falls, Arkansas: #5 on the Soviet Nuclear Hit List!"
Funny but true. Most people used to talk about how their area was on the Soviet target list. Grew up and still live next to Barksdale AFB. HQ of Global Strike Command, 8th AF, 2nd and 307th Bomb Wings. B-52's. We'd be about the first place hit. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:32:05 AM EDT
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Well for one thing Russia would more than likely miss the site anyway and if they did hit it it there missle still has to go off.
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:52:25 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. I-85? In Wyoming? I call BS. Yeah, he must be confused between I-25 and I-80. And the old Atlas silos are a lot easier to see, pretty much the only ones actually visible while driving on the Interstate. Back when I drove I-80 a lot there was even one for sale in Nebraska right off the freeway(just west of the Kimball exit). Then about 10 miles east there is a MM3 silo right next to the off-ramp for Dix. I'll have to look next time I go by, I'm about 80 miles from Kimball. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 10:56:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: None in UT?? Nope. Atlas missiles in WA(Fairchild) and CA(Vandenburg - not just a test site, but the only missile field that was actually ON a base), Titans in CA(Beale), WA(Larson), and ID(Mountain Home). Utah gets no missile love |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:02:15 AM EDT
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For the record, the silos are the safest place to be. Because in an actual nuclear exchange, they will be empty before the enemy can hit them. so sending nuclear weapons against empty silos is a waste of inventory. do you even game theory bro? You know, that's what I've always thought. In a true launch event, no matter who fires first, the other side will immediately return fire. So why would you waste a warhead on an empty missle silo? Especially due to the fact that most of these silos are located in lesser populated areas....? Am I missing something? Why does everyone assume that silos are targets? |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:12:34 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. What's in Sedalia? That's what I'd like to know too. I'm guessing he's talking about the Minuteman II's that used to be in the missile fields from Whiteman. They decommissioned them back in the 90's but you can still see where some of the silo's used to be. I saw one or two of them north of Sedalia along 65. Guess he could be talking about Whiteman AFB too. I see that as more Warrensburg but I guess it could be considered in the Sedalia area. Further west, though. I don't think the Russians would waste a missile on Sedalia just because it has Sierra and Starline. Used to be the Frisco Railroad headquarters so it used to be a big rail center but not anymore. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:14:35 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. What's in Sedalia? Tell me where Interstate 85 is first. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:16:29 AM EDT
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How do they get to the missile sites? You never see cars parked outside. Is there a door with a buzzer?
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:18:52 AM EDT
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How do they get to the missile sites? You never see cars parked outside. Is there a door with a buzzer? |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:23:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:26:44 AM EDT
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. I-85? In Wyoming? I call BS. Yeah, he must be confused between I-25 and I-80. And the old Atlas silos are a lot easier to see, pretty much the only ones actually visible while driving on the Interstate. Back when I drove I-80 a lot there was even one for sale in Nebraska right off the freeway(just west of the Kimball exit). Then about 10 miles east there is a MM3 silo right next to the off-ramp for Dix. I'll have to look next time I go by, I'm about 80 miles from Kimball. Original Cabelas is downtown Sidney, 40 miles east of Kimball. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:28:05 AM EDT
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How do they get to the missile sites? You never see cars parked outside. Is there a door with a buzzer? IIRC, there is a helicopter team on standby 24-365. Not sure what would happen during a blizzard? |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:30:30 AM EDT
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Original Cabelas is downtown Sidney, 40 miles east of Kimball. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, he must be confused between I-25 and I-80. And the old Atlas silos are a lot easier to see, pretty much the only ones actually visible while driving on the Interstate. Back when I drove I-80 a lot there was even one for sale in Nebraska right off the freeway(just west of the Kimball exit). Then about 10 miles east there is a MM3 silo right next to the off-ramp for Dix. I'll have to look next time I go by, I'm about 80 miles from Kimball. Original Cabelas is downtown Sidney, 40 miles east of Kimball. Indeed. I used to live in Sidney and shop there when it was the only Cabelas. It was outrageously overpriced even then, but the "bargain basement" used to be absolutely amazing, stuff was like 75% off or more. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:30:37 AM EDT
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You know, that's what I've always thought. In a true launch event, no matter who fires first, the other side will immediately return fire. So why would you waste a warhead on an empty missle silo? Especially due to the fact that most of these silos are located in lesser populated areas....? Am I missing something? Why does everyone assume that silos are targets? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For the record, the silos are the safest place to be. Because in an actual nuclear exchange, they will be empty before the enemy can hit them. so sending nuclear weapons against empty silos is a waste of inventory. do you even game theory bro? You know, that's what I've always thought. In a true launch event, no matter who fires first, the other side will immediately return fire. So why would you waste a warhead on an empty missle silo? Especially due to the fact that most of these silos are located in lesser populated areas....? Am I missing something? Why does everyone assume that silos are targets? The silos can be reloaded and used for more launches. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:36:10 AM EDT
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those missile silos could be decoy sites
you probably will never see the ones that will actually launch. they will come from space, man. space. |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:39:39 AM EDT
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You are lost. You were lost. You need a map. Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major interstate highway in the Southeastern United States. Its current southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus interchanges with Interstate 95 in Petersburg, Virginia, near Richmond. It is nominally north-south, but physically mostly northeast-southwest. I grew up in a small town with the closest silo about 2 miles outside of town. Still active as far as I know, but I haven't gone up and rattled the fence to see if anyone will show up. The silos are all over the area it was just never a big deal, I always figured we would be some of the first to know if things really went to shit. But then again if there is a launch people are going to see them take off from a couple hundred of miles away I would think. Especially if it is night. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Was driving on I-85 in Wyoming last week and passed about 4 Minuteman silos. Some of them had homes within a stones throw away. Even one right outside of a town. I'm from the 80s so I remember watching The Day After and that shit still scares me. So would anyone willingly live beside one because odds are it'll never be used? Or would you not, knowing somewhere in Russia an SS-18 warhead has your homes coordinates dialed in? I guess it's not much different than living in Norfolk or Sedalia. Just curious. You are lost. You were lost. You need a map. Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major interstate highway in the Southeastern United States. Its current southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus interchanges with Interstate 95 in Petersburg, Virginia, near Richmond. It is nominally north-south, but physically mostly northeast-southwest. I grew up in a small town with the closest silo about 2 miles outside of town. Still active as far as I know, but I haven't gone up and rattled the fence to see if anyone will show up. The silos are all over the area it was just never a big deal, I always figured we would be some of the first to know if things really went to shit. But then again if there is a launch people are going to see them take off from a couple hundred of miles away I would think. Especially if it is night. Highway 85 north of Cheyenne. Get on the satellite view and start going North and you will see them just off the road. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cheyenne,+WY/@41.412365,-104.4372725,19z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x876f38762e73ef93:0xb10a30418f972d2b?hl=en |
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Posted: 6/7/2015 11:46:35 AM EDT
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When I grew up I lived next to a Nike-Hercules launch facility. I kept hoping one would blaze its way into the sky and take out a squadron of commie bombers with its W31 boosted fission warhead (nominal yield 20kt.)
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