Inside Top Secret Clearance ICBM Missile Launch Control Center & Missile Silo
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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2017
- Video of Missileers working inside of a LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM Launch Control Center and a Launch Facility/missile silo at Minot Air Force Base. The missile combat crews are with the 91st Missile Wing.
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Camera: gets turned off
The airforce officers: "Steve get the Xbox they're gone"
Steve Yeah lets play Missle Command!!
Fun fact, they used to advertise the ability for missileers to get an MBA or other advanced degree while on duty. Too much spare time perhaps?
@@80s_Boombox_CollectorBetter to be absolutely bored if these men have to actually do their jobs the world is done 💥
We have a launch order
TURN YOUR KEY SIR!!!
I'm sorry...
All missilers in history have refused after given the order. There is a few example where system malfunctioned and showed multiple inbound missiles. They figured them dying wasn't worth mass extinction. That's why you and me are alive.
Strange game...the only winning move is not to play.
And to think that years later, that missile officer cut off a cop's ear... Hmmm?
@@shadypelican first strike moment
My dad was MMS. I was born on base went overseas twice as family he went tydy several places . RIP dad, Oct.2022.
Unhackable 1960's technology.
Electone_Guy kiv-7 comsec module from 1990s lol
I swear when I liked your comment, it lowered the number of likes.... the government is trying to silence your CZcams Comments. :O XD
Electone_Guy. Yeah no internet. No one can hack into that system
Plus a physical key is required.
Electone_Guy still in play today
Analog equipment that can't be hacked. Thing of beauty.
When I was in Air Force ROTC, we had a classroom briefing from a Minuteman crew on a recruiting circuit --about the time one selects your desired career. I recall a big draw was the free Master's degree program.
As a former they actually took the free masters away sometime in 96, but they gave us cool A1 leather Flight Jackets instead.
@@minuteman3 I have a few questions for you about that job, if you dont mind.
How long would you be isolated down there by yourselves? And how much of that time would you have to be actually working. Was being able to watch movies or bring video games some what of a perk at least?
Would they try to put you with people you requested so people got along down there? Would you guys ever drink like SF when they were out in the fields?
What sort of time would you have to put in before they would consider letting you go do something else like training or have a command where you got a normal schedule?
@@josephmiller4616 4 years before you got to go something else. Depending if you were able to serve in a "shop" job (trading or evaluation) you would pull between 145 and 300 alerts in a four year tour. Everyday was different. First it would take hours to get to most sites after your morning briefing. Once arriving on site there were inspections and crew changeover. Every day and alert was different. Some days you were slammed and had no free time and got little sleep. Other days you had time to study, watch TV and get some sleep. It depends on what mnx was scheduled for your flight. How much and what specifically they were going to do. How many tests you had to run when you received error messages also determined work load. Weather setting off security alarms, and heavy message traffic, and exercises and war games all could make things hectic and busy. Annual changes to codes and SIOP also we're also busy days. If you were working the squadron command post out in the field you also had more responsibilities and duties. I hope that answers your question.
@@josephmiller4616 24 hours plus travel time. Travel time anywhere from 1 hour to 5 hours one way. If you got snowed in it could be 48 hours instead of 24. Some of the travel was on highways lots of it was on gravel and dirt roads.
They picked who you were crewed with. Sometimes it was to put a strong person or experienced person with a weaker or inexperienced person. Sometimes they made good crew parings other times they really screwed the pooch. While I had 3 good crew members I also had 2 real abusive assholes. The USAF and those two individuals should consider themselves extremely lucky I didn't empty my 38 into the abusers.
John: All I'm saying Jim is if he fires one I will fire one.
Jim: Fire one aye sir ... (whoosh!)
John: What? No! Oh shit.
The Bedford Incident. Bet ya thought I did not know the quote
My former boss in the USAF used to call me on the secure phone from "the hole" while I was stationed at SAC HQ in the early 80s. Pretty weird to think about that know.
If I could start my life over again, this is the path I would try to take. These guys don’t “practice war” or go on maneuvers as conventional units, they are on a war footing 24-7. But the best and toughest part is that you are allowed zero mistakes, even with something seemingly innocuous as a written test. I can’t think of another occupation that would challenge a person like this one would.
Same here.
@@amkrause2004 - Why does that name sound familiar....
@@sce2aux464 were you stationed at Minot or seen First Strike or The Day After?
@@amkrause2004 - Ah, yes!! (Closest I got was Ellsworth, but saw The Day After.)
missileer is actually a fairly terrible and boring job and theres tons of mistakes because the officers are depressed and complacent lol
It appears to me, that you guys have a whole lot of buttons to push. Lol. As an American, and a Veteran, I greatly appreciate the job you are doing. Stay Strong! Much Respect!!
Love this kind of stuff 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Me stateside in 29 Palms California between 3 deployments on barracks duty when the duty phone rings:
Send it! Over. [Womp whaa waa Womp rah-kill bodies]
Roger that Staff Sergeant! Solid copy your last. OSCAR MIKE. Out.
These fuckers are on top of a nuke talking on duty phones like their conversation is about what sides to bring to family fun day.
God I love the Air Force.
Outstanding, thank you for sharing Semper Fi.
I’d love to have one for self defense
You do
awesome video..thanks
This is located in North Dakota, for some reason I thought it was in Alaska.
Nope--North Dakota: not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.
Thank you to all Crews!
NO MORE CREW'S..
@@fiddlesticksbessette398 Ummmmm, the LCCs & C³ hardened bunkers controlling the Fields remain manned 24/7, with TACMO & Nightwatch, plus Alice & Looking Glass (Now, known as ABNCP) serving as NC2 & NAOC.
Whilst no longer airborne 24/7 (along with B-52G/H flying fixed Patterns), Nightwatch are on the Tarmac and G2G or airborne. If necessary, they can remotely launch all (non-gravity) assets.
I worked on the Minuteman 111 ICBM at FE Warren AFB in Cheyenne in the 80's.
This doesn't show the stress those guys are under nor the awesome power of our system. Those missiles carry 3 independent nuclear bombs capable of hitting 3 different targets with extreme prejudice.
Those weapons also require extreme authorization.
Not anymore...:-(. They removed two of the RV's with the SALT/START treaties...
EMT Team Chief @ Warren ‘86-89. Fun times.
What is the Minuteman Silo Security System Designation?
Don't drop the God dam socket!
Exactly my first thought.
@@erikjarrett4781 That was Titan at Little Rock. Minuteman is a three stage solid fuel missile. A dropped socket might dent the skin but at least it won’t cause a leak of hypergolic propellants. After all these years I don’t remember if I spelled them correctly but as I recall they were Nitrogen Tetroxide and monomethylhydrizine. They ignite upon contact with each other. Apollo and Space Shuttle also used hypergolics in the Reaction Control System (RCS). By the way, in contrast to Hollywood there are no destruct packages on active ICBMS on strategic alert. There is no “Oops” if one launches when it’s not supposed to. When a missile is randomly selected for testing at Vandenberg (OT Shot AKA Glory Trip) they pull the warheads, (I guess now it’s warhead singular for all of them) replace them with instrumented dummy warheads, and add a linear charge along the missile raceway. If the missile goes outside the “gate” upon launch Range Safety will Arm and Destruct. When I was on crew at the Forks each of my missiles had 3 RVs that were independently targeted. We were primarily responsible for our flight of 10 but were electrically connected to all 50 in a Minuteman squadron in what I now realize was essentially a token ring network. My first impression of a Minuteman capsule was that my TI scientific calculator I used in college had more computing power than my Minuteman Weapon System Controller (WSC). My UHF radio came from a WWII tank. My HF radio came from a WWII submarine. No shit.
@@brax2364 Thanks for all the detail! That was a good read.
@@erikjarrett4781
Thanks. Missile Combat crew was the toughest job I had during my USAF career. If it works, the link is some crew members at F.E. Warren AFB that cut an album. They used to play at various SAC functions like Olympic Arena. czcams.com/video/HA66cxQqCAU/video.html. If it doesn’t work they are the Groobers and the album is Missile Duty’s Pleasin’. There are about 9 or 10 songs and what they sang about is probably stil true today.
SHIT!!! I dropped the socket inside the missal!
It's a good thing this was shot in July; it gets cold in Minot in the Winter!
@TMG_Ghost sarcasm.
The ONLY military base with good weather is San Diego! Never stationed there, but worked with sailors from there.
Charleston, SC is great in the Spring and Fall, though...
FE Warren AFB 1987-1992 400th SMS Peacekeeper LG-118A Missileer. Most powerful weapon system ever IMHO. Our LCCs were pre-REACT system that is shown here. Pulled over 300 alerts under Wyoming, mostly at T-01 ACP and R-01, Trained 12 Deputy Crew Commanders in my time there. What we did there at that time helped end the Cold War. Proud to have served with all of you. Too bad "W" gave it away in 2004. Q-01 is now with the WY Parks Department, giving tours.
Sooner, I worked at Q-1 around 1983-84 as the cook. The site on ground floor is set up a bit different but it is very nostalgic. They did a nice job restoring it after being vacated for years. After cross-training into IT, I got into the full scale of this world and was totally fascinated. After NORAD and MCCS, it was an amazing career. These guys, and you, ensured this world stayed free!!! We are in debt to you all!
I pulled alerts in capsules that were also pre-REACT. We did get the ARSIP upgrade when I was on crew in the Instructor Shop. Prior to that, to change a Minuteman II's target, a targeting team had to travel to the Launch Facility and physically load new targeting data into the MGS. ARSIP gave the Launch Crew the capability to remote target change from the LCC. This increased the likelihood of busting an eval/check MPT ride exponentially.
What is the Minuteman Silo Security System Designation?
Welllll this is comforting
LCC is probably Oscar-01. Oscar-01 was the LCC where most tours were done. Pulled many alerts there in the 80's and the capsule has been modernized from my time. Oscar is just one fight of five that make up the 742nd Strategic Missile Squadron. There are three squadrons: 740th, 741st, and 742nd. These make up the 91st Strategic Missile Wing. Opening outside shot with all the wind and snow bring back lots of memories.
That must have been a hard job.
At the beginning of the video he answers the LCC phone as I-01 LCC. I’ve been to that site a time or two. I spent most of my time in Minot at K-01.
Oscar 1 was a good place to pull alert just a quick trip up US83 from the base. Nobody wanted Lima LLC (almost in Canada!) also an MCCC in the 742nd back in the Cold War days. The modernized REACT capsule has me confused somewhat. We used to sleep right behind the Deputy Console and Commanders console was forward
@@donusry I sure did like the trip to and back from Oscar 1. You're spot on for the trip to Lima. Spent most of my alerts at 742nd LCCs but think I've pulled an alert or two at almost all LCCs in the wing except for a few.
Used to listen to SAC EAM's (Emergency Action Messages) on HF nightly. Cool stuff for a teenager, but in the back of my mind I knew what it could someday mean. That would be anything but cool.
Amazing that we grew up with the constant threat of MAD.
This is awesome
ótimo vídeo!
I like that his tools are clipped to him cuz I seen one episode where they dropped a wrench from up high.
shall we play a game?
Gordon Music let's play Global Thermonuclear War
Haaa
That's what I said
War games
Sure. Kings and little ones?
Patrick Tremblay--- AND LOST TOO......
Gordon Music how about global thermo nuclear war?
TURN YOUR KEY SIR!!! -Wargames reference
Kingreeceycup Mr.McKittrick, after careful consideration, I've come to the conclusion your new defense system sucks - also from Wargames
Goddammit, I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it'd do any good!
I just watched that 10 minutes ago
Alpha 1 LCF minot nd 80-81.crewed with some damn good men
The Drew Carey Show with Minuteman III ICBMs!!! Wowsers😜greetings from the UK in the 1980/90’s “locked safe” goooo Loral👌😆🤟
The last few seconds showing the missile sitting ominously inside the silo made my blood 🩸 run cold.
The very first time I looked in an active silo and saw a strat alert missile I did get a cold chill. After that it was look inside to make sure the big bottle rocket was still there.
Cool
Uh, I just got a call from a General Ripper...he said to put Attack Plan R into effect. (Johnny Comes Marching Home music starts)
Infantryman - hey man, I got grenades! I'm a grenadier!
Launch control man - that's cute! I got nukes!
I recognized the 741st shoulder patch, but India LCC at Minot AFB, sure has changed since I was last there in 1982.
I retired as NCOIC of K-01 in 02. A lot changed in all the LCCs throughout the entire Minuteman fleet from when I first started working missiles in 83.
kewl
Firework show coming soon
I bet Loral was not the low bidder on the switch to send the missiles off to their targets.
TopSecret.
I like
military still operates a lot in analog so if our digital grid goes, they still operate in analog..when everything went digital it wasn't because everyone loved it..military had to have all the analog signals..They're not idiots..
Yeah...me, personally I don't think it happens as much as Obama said..
God Bless!
talk English.ugh☼
To this day, the most secure way of transmission is still a fax machine.
I'm sure the copper network they run on is isolated from civilian access as well. So that adds even yet another form of redundancy.
Yes it can
Are they working at the end on a icbm with a live nuke in it?
Yes
Memo to Kim Jong-Un: Don't mess with us.
robf93 actually trump did the right thing with Kim by stroking his ego and making him feel he is a leader and respect. Dialog
Well there’s one thing for sure, if those guys doing maintenance work on the missile ever make a mistake, they’ll never know it. 🤯
Tide16nc That’s not how ICBMs work
@@FacitOmniaVoluntas. exactly! Now Titan was a little different story.
I have the same capabilities on my Commodore 64. #Np m8 getrekt. #1337 control center
I wonder why they wear flight suits?
Because Navy/Air Force technicians always wear jumpers when performing their duty.
Because they have to are flight on the rockets into space becuz they are astronauts
Flight suits are fire resistant material
props of the airforce is they never have to get out of their PJ"s
@Darren Johnson you mean they want to fake vote him into office to replace him with the extremist Kamel Harris ?
Was at minot from Sept 69 to March 70. Did not reenlist as why not Minot freezing is the reason
I was born on Sept. 14 1969. Thanks for keeping us safe! One of my favorite video clips is of guys removing deep snow from the wings of a B-52 at Minot. A gust of wind comes up and blows them all off. Living in the Cleveland area, it's comforting to know someone in the lower 48 has a worse winter than the Great Lakes region!
Why Not Minot?
My dad was here back in early 90s for a year
What is the Minuteman Silo Security System Designation?
The maintenance crew only put up the barrier around the access hatch because cameras were there lol
No I say it was because it was icy topside. They only wore the harness and lanyard because of the cameras.
Would a desk pop be frowned upon?
Hands on keys.
On my mark, three, two, one.
Launch and hold.
Ricky Tse 5 minutes later in the launch control room of a Topol or Sarmat silo: "Raz dva tri, povernitye klyuch i uderzhiwajtye!"
Looks like a missile procedures trainer to me. No bunks. No blast door. People walking in the halls outside the trainer. The fact that they let you in there with a camera. And the airmen at the silo are Maintainers, not missileers. The missileers turn the keys. And why didn't they film them operating the "A" circuit and dropping the "B" plug? To cold for the film crew?
I was stationed at Vandenberg AFB working on Minutemen1&2 and the film tour is close but no cigar.
That ceiling is way too low for an mpt, also, whed do you think they'd ever waste money for a tv in the mpts? It seemed waaaay to cozy for me to be an mpt
Nonov, did you forget the mandatory 30 minute separation between A and B side? That was a built-in major error in the MPT during a standboard. “Sir, the A side team headed out to A-0 had a flat tire and are on the side of the road fixing it. They may be a bit late getting to the LF.” Capsule crew in the box should be thinking, “Oh shit. We need to stop the B team coming up behind them on the same road.” Sounds easy until you realize that DOV dropped about 10 other events the crew also has to worry about.
Looks like carpet on the floor too. No carpet in capsules. And the maintenance crew had the barriers up. Prob cuz the cameras. Bet they waited until the B plug was all the way down too 😂😂
@@jimbutke655 there were carport sections on the LCC floor at Grand Forks and at Minot. I don’t remember if the ones at Ellsworth did or not. I definitely remember GF because I was the LCF/PMTTeam Chief for three years and we had to pull those chair rails and floor plates every time to stab batteries. Some crews were happy when we showed up because they had to transfer their time slot to another LCC. others didn’t like it because we ate into their sleep schedule.
Analog is a Backup for Digital.And that is good so!!!
The worst part about firing a Minuteman missile is having to wind up the clockwork spring first.
The smell of dead mouse wafting out of the launcher...I'll never forget it. USAF SP Malmstrom AFB, MT '74-'75, '77-'81.
Is this the place where they filmed the opening scene to the movie War Games? Turn your key sir!!
At hte surface: Ssssoooooo...... cccooooolllllddddddd......... and of course the MCCC just has to have a Texas patch.
What you see here is a Fiebinger developed underground ICBM silo, the first very similar one was built in Nazi Germany during late 1944 by MAKO near Arnstadt where the Germans started a large Skoda V101 (V4) 3 stage solid fuel rocket sucessfully from such a silo called Polte 2. (16.03.1945) Unarmed test flight went from Arnstadt to North Polar region radio guided.
Deeply appreciate their service. I trust nothing too much is being shown to our Russian, Chinese, and North Korean audiences.
Spent 4 years at Malmstrom in the missle field 1996-1999
Wheres the guy with one hand? Wheres the guy with the funny name?
This is one of those side trips you always wanted to take once, but anguished about the payoff. Glad I saw it but I won't be back. Nice video though. Thumbs Up !
At 4:33 is that what I think it is? Is it the warhead or a MIRV?
That's the nose cone, the warhead is underneath it. The actual warhead is a lot more solid-looking - like it would do a tremendous amount of kinetic damage even if it didn't house a hydrogen bomb.
That’s the shroud. Nukes are under it. They look like simple cones prob about 4 feet high. Not particularly impressive for the firepower they have
They're doing a whole lot of nothing acting like theyre doing something. I used to be a security guard, I know this routine LOL!
Lots more complicated than the old Titan II system I was on.
Arch Stanton AltaS
@@Philip02K I believe all Titans were decommissioned now we just have minutemen 3 ICBMs.
NOT COMP.JUST DIFFERENT...SORRY,CANT TELL YOU MORE THEN THAT..
Rob Bob, you were 532d Titan II? "Workhorse"! Id love to hear some stories
@@leutrovond Correct about the 532nd at McConnell AFB. Too many stories to share but it was fun and challenging at times. We had a few alerts I'll never forget back in the 70's. One alert we actually opened the "red" safe and broke out the EWO documents and keys. Scary time for sure. This was back in Oct. 1973 when things were hot in the Middle East and Russia was playing games with us. Russia seemed to be afraid of the accuracy and power of the Titan II. I was only on 2 crews the entire time I was at McConnell. Always lucky to have good crew members on my crew. I was in from 1971-75 and will never forget my time on crew. I still stay in contact with a couple of guys who were on my crews.
Ain't easy to turn that key when comes to the real deal
@5:13, Missile Tech begins removal of the RV in order to replace the warhead with a low yield conventional bomb equivalent to a tenth of a kiloton.
LOL
Davy Crockett bombs can be adjusted for a sub-decaton yield, less than a hundredth of a kiloton.
Not possible for you because we are here....👽👽👽
Remember Malstroom base (1967...).👽
Minot. cold and windy.
elli003 I spent 4 years at Minot 75/79 91st mss
Call...launch Switch... launch
Drew Carey is on watch. We can all sleep safe and sound...
And this,folks is where BUFF navs end up if there aren't any more pilot upgrade slots for them
"Hello Maintenance Chief, I want your team to evacuate the missile silo immediately and go 1,000 feet upwind. Run"
Actually what our checklist read was "Team Chief - make the sortie launch capable and accomplish Launch Facility Emergency War Order evacuation." Whenever a maintenance team penetrated the launcher they put the Missile in "SAFE" mode meaning it could not be launched.
US transformer explodes inside secret nuclear facility to hellstorm
How wanth to go în that holl rath!!!
Where is this? Alaska?
north dakota
I hear many officers are suspended for the most minor written mistakes. They ask for perfection for 4 years. Good on em
Don't drop that screw...
You know something? That there is a bigass bullet.
What do these guys do after they have launched their missiles? Is there a procedure? Or is it fend for yourself/ suicide pact?
They have a place to hole up down there
Those airmen top side had to be freezing their ass off.
If they've got the proper cold weather gear and wearing it, it's not that bad. I've been on many of those in temps that got down to the -70s (it might have actually been colder, but we stopped asking what the temp was at that point), and so long as we were wearing all of the cold weather clothing and didn't have the wind hit any of the few exposed bits of skin it wasn't that bad. Also for those of you who say it couldn't be that cold, when we finally finished for the day and went back to the the MAF (Missile Alert Facility the buildings and fenced area first shown) we plugged the engine block heaters of the vehicles in, turned them off, and got about six hours of sleep, then woke up to find that the antifreeze in our vehicles had frozen. A check of some of the antifreeze that was starting to thaw at that point showed that it had an approximate freezing point of about -55 to -60, so yeah, it does get that cold, or at least it did when I was out there.
Hey Vlad? U up?
Where is that ?
What city?
Kim Jong-un none of your fucking buisness. It’s rural and they showed no Landmarks for a reason
its somewhere in Alaska - pm me if you really want to know where that is
Kim Jong-un nunya
@@counterstrike8840 well, I didn't start the fire.
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning. :P
@@ulrichfodze355 yes indeed the world is turning, its turning to the other side...its changing ! Trump is winning ! so do the war against communism ! slay the commies !
Great so Drew Carey is in control! Let’s hope the price is right!
This is where they send a lot of officers that flunk out of flight training.
Lots of people wash out of Minuteman Initial Qualification Training too. Very demanding school.
What do the missileers do all day? In between training..
They are allowed to sleep, just not at the same time!
@@larryl730 Anything else?
Can you pretend the phone just rang, hi Mum guess what I’m doing 😂
And supplies in the case of nuclear war? How long they can to survive in this underground base?
Dawid Jóźwiak nunya
Last a couple months probably. They get supplies for survival at a certain defcon level I have to check
Back in the 80s, they had food and water for up to 6 months.
Is that hatch the way in & out of the silo?
no....
Whatever you do, don't switch to launch...
Sam Locke that is the presidents call and is based upon posture of administration
@@Philip02K
Not exactly...
Nuclear launch by the President is FIRST authenticated by various means and with the Sec. of Defense, whom must also AGREE that the launch is necessary.
Once done, the order is passed to the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, whom command the officers in the various launch facilities, be it land, air or sea.
what's up usually it would be under COG or for a retaliatory strike.
I think missile in the Submarine is very scaries
Curious what chances these soldiers have surviving down in their missile bunker? I assume the entire missile complex is targeted with multiple warheads. Would they survive a direct hit?
Missile complexes are targeted with impact (or near impact) detonation weapons so a direct hit would be very bad. Direct hit could be measured in hundreds of meters. Impact weapons are going to dig massive hole and send a powerful shock wave through the ground. If they survive the initial hit there will be lots of radiation outside to deal with.
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Those guys aren't just sitting down there playing cards. They must keep these crews busy with a lot maintenance and training tasks.
Wait till the cameras are gone, the Xbox comes out.
@@AlphaGametauri, actually, when the camera (and camera crew) leave, one of those guys is headed to bed.
Seems to be modern and better than the Russian Missile systems!
What about this is modern the Russians still have cranks on their missiles like the model T ford's had
Horrific.........God preserve the world......
What's the procedure for the launch crews after their launches? They're still potential targets I assume, right? Or are Russian and Chinese IR early warning satellites that detect the launches capable of tracking the missiles and extrapolating the launch sites of the detected missiles, relaying that information to enemy missile command, and retarget their own missiles, either during early stage of flight or prior to launch? If the enemy is capable of aborting strikes and silos that already launched, then they might be safe. But of not, then that silo will be hit shortly after their launches. Given the accuracy of modern warheads, I doubt they're safe in their bunker. So do they flee? The security teams will have transportation, right?
Evan Bell those bunkers can take a direct hit from a nuclear warhead and live.these things are insanely strong.
Evan Bell classified dumb ass the missiliers won’t discuss it and can go to prison
@@mitchvus I seriously doubt it would survive a direct hit.
To try to answer your questions.
1. Yes, even if the missiles are launched the LCCs are still a target, even with modern technology you can't assume the missiles haven't been all fired.
2. The way most of it works is the tracking system only tracks the missile trajectory not the missile itself.
3. Yes, the Missile silos and the LCCs will all be hit, again, that is to ensure that if a missile has not been fired it won't be after a hit. Or knocking out the LCCs, will keep the missiles from launching. However, the USAF has that covered in case two LCCs are taken out.
4. As far as the crews concern, the two missile combat crew (Missiliers) members stayed in the LCC. The top side (Maintenance crew and Security crew) would or could come down under the facility from the top side. best way to explain that is take a look at a pill capsule, and imagine it being (just guessing 50 yards long) you come down the hatch or elevator and to your right is the launch center behind a blast door, to the left is a room with a huge generator and electrical equipment. That is where the two crews would hold up in, to the left outside the blast door.
Let me know if you have anymore questions, my father was a Missile Combat Crew 91st Strat Missile Wing Minot ND, 1979-1983, or if you ever seen The Day After, he is the one launching the missiles in the movie.
@@amkrause2004 what do missilers do after the launch? Be happy that they killed the whole world?
Can you keep the lights on? Jesus its the same as in aircraft you press to test and make sure no lights are burned out. Why does he think it says lamp test. Crazy guy
Watched the day after. Scary. A real nuke war would be worse. What happens in real life if these guys had to fire it after the fact. Do they still sit and wait to die from the return fire?
3:16 what the parka?
ORC, ALPHA, MASSIF?
Dokota outwether .