Jul 3, 2016

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

The visitor center
Minuteman Missile II (LGM-30). This intercontinental missile is capable of delivering an explosion with more power than all the bombs used in WWII combined.
 Security perimeter fence of the Delta-01 Launch Control Facility. 
This ranch house hiding in plain site served as the Delta-01 Launch Control Facility till the 1990's. 
Common room of the launch control facility. 
 The 8-ton blast door located 30-feet underground the facility. 
 Entrance to the underground launch facility through 4-feet of concrete. 
 One of the two control stations in the capsule. 
Launch was just two key-turns away. 

Philip, South Dakota 

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