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I know it was posted a few pages back, but the Minuteman III stuff interests me, mostly because I was stationed at Minot AFB on the Bomb side of the base at 5th MUNS. I had plenty of space cop friends from the 91st, and I had managed to glean some information from them about the silos and LCFs and stuff. I have a map that I have been working on here with some of the active sites around Minot AFB, as well as some decommissioned ATLAS F sites near Altus AFB. Even though I worked at Minot AFB, working on this map really puts the whole "Scorched Earth" reality into perspective. I only have 33 of the 165 sites on the map at this time. Also, if anyone else is interested, I know a U2 and SR-71 pilot. His name is Col. William Lawson, and he is my friend's father-in-law. He has a distinction of being one of the few men who crashed an SR-71A while on an active mission during Vietnam. The next time I see my friend, I'll see if I could interview him for my fellow goons here. If I get the go-ahead, is there anything in particular you'd like to know?
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| # ¿ Jul 21, 2011 03:50 |
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| # ¿ May 24, 2013 20:12 |
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durtan posted:I have a few: Well the few details I know come from a report I found online somewhere. I am sure some google-fu could find more information. Basically he just finished re-fueling and was performing a full-power climb. He ended up going through a pretty major thunder storm that caused both of his engines to flare out and the Blackbird could not recover successfully. His back-seater started to panic when that happened, and Maj. Lawson ejected him and attempted to get the engines restarted. When that didn't work, he ejected himself. The plane crashed near U Tapau AB in Korea. Next time I see him, I'll see if I can't grab a few beers and get some more OPSEC-friendly information out of him.
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| # ¿ Jul 21, 2011 13:05 |
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When I was stationed at Minot AFB, I definitely felt that way, especially on September 11th. We were at THREATCON DELTA which in my handbook read "threat of nuclear attack imminent." It's since been expanded upon, but at the time everyone at the base felt that we had our hands on the key. The WSA was locked down, and the base felt like a real SAC base again. Bombers fueled and ready to go, the whole nine yards. If you are interested I have updated the map further, and you can see at INDIA-10 there is a Minuteman III on the lift, either being loaded or unloaded for maintenance. Edit\/\/\/Thanks, Karma! Still going to finish mine though; it's kind of like Where's Waldo with nukes.\/\/\/ Aciid c0d3r fucked around with this message at Jul 22, 2011 around 13:09 |
| # ¿ Jul 21, 2011 22:44 |
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NosmoKing posted:There's a bike shop (of all odd places to find it) here in WI that has a civil defense target map of the Twin Cities area in MN. It shows the estimated DGZ's and damage areas for the metro and surrounding area. I found this site that has everything listed by state. You can click each state to see a map of the affected cities. It also has a national fallout map and a prevailing winds map. The website itself is a little  but the maps are of the revision from FEMA in 1990.
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| # ¿ Jul 24, 2011 13:08 |
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mlmp08 posted:We're working on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymCjQD0B3Y The lady looks like she is picking out menu items off of a McDonald's point of sale. I like to imagine the Patriot battery is just spewing missiles everywhere like some bad video game mod.
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| # ¿ Jul 25, 2012 03:02 |
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| # ¿ May 24, 2013 20:12 |
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That would be worth seeing. I suppose alternatively the government could build a test reactor for a Hydrogen power plant, and then it could go horribly wrong... Conveniently while all the cameras were there.
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| # ¿ Aug 3, 2012 13:30 |
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