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Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Knoster, MO. Minuteman Missle Silo Tour Click on each photo for a larger image. | |
 Another view of the service module. |
 Construction photos leading to the command module. |
 Door to the command module, which remained closed constantly, opening only to change crews every 24 hours. Also, always 2 men in module, never 1 alone. |
 Within the module. An officer would be strapped into the chair in the event of an alert. |
 Older computer equipment in the racks behind MSgt Hooker. Center one is a hard drive of 2 megs storage. This is what was used up till deactivation in 1994. |
 One of the two launch panels, using the famous keys we have all seen on TV. Each must be turned within 3 seconds of the other. |
 Some of the instruction books for "How To Create A Parking Lot In A Foreign Country". |
 Status board, with one column for each of the ten missles that this command center controls. Lights show ready, system failures, and intruders within the silo perimeter. |
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All photos shot with Sony DSC-D700 digital camera | |