Delta-01
Underground Launch Control Center is secured by this 3 foot thick Control Chamber access door.
Yup! if necessary, they could have delivered a 1.2 megaton warhead (equivalent to1 million tons of dynamite) to Russia in just 30 minutes.
This under ground control center is suspended on a system of coil-spring shock absorbers. Allowing 2 feet of movement in either direction in the event of an attack.
Once inside this launch control center, not much to do but sit and wait out their 24 hours shift. No TV, no radio, no sleeping. There is a bed where one person at a time can rest briefly. Food can be sent down from the kitchen up on the ground level floor.
If the order for a missile launch comes in, it must be activated by two separate keys and two separate codes. The 2 launch keys must be turned simultaneously and are 12 feet apart so no one person can launch a missile.
Delta-09 site houses the 1.2 megaton warhead Minuteman II missile(deactivated). The silo is 80 feet deep and the warhead is 56 feet tall. Top speed of 15,000 mph when launched it will travel 6000 miles in just 30 minutes. The shortest and most direct route to Russia.
Minuteman II have been dismantled and deactivated in compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the USSR and the US.
However, we do have a smattering of Minuteman III missiles located through out the country standing ready should there be an attack on the U.S.
The warhead is 56' tall??? The silo is 86' deep. The Minuteman II MISSILE is 59'-9" tall. The RV is 6' tall.
ReplyDeleteThe warhead is 56' tall??? The silo is 86' deep. The Minuteman II MISSILE is 59'-9" tall. The RV is 6' tall.
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