Our wanderings

No lone zone

On February 9, 2015 by Judy Nichols With 0 Comments - Blog, Our wanderings

One of the "NO LONE ZONE" signs in the silo.
The antenna outside the silo.
"Tipsies," the radar that would detect intruders on the ground.
The police vehicle that would be dispatched to check on intruders.
The code to enter was written on pieces of paper that were then burned and dropped into this can by the entrance to the silo.
A walkway from one part of the silo to another.
The command center in the silo.
The command center.
The guide explains the command center.
View of command center.
Information about command guidance.
Area of the command center where the three classified target sites were entered.
The three buttons at the top left of the console designate which of the three classified target is selected.
The box with two separate locks that housed the keys and the authentication codes.
Pipes.
Stage one of the engine.
The butterfly valve in the missile fueling system.
A detail of the engine.
A detail of the engine
Emergency sign.
Eyewash sink for accidental exposure to fuel or other chemicals.
The emergency telephone.
Sign warning against retraction when personnel on platform inspecting missile.
Breakaway plates in the missile silo.
View of missile and silo.
Side view of missile.
View of missile from above.

They stood watch in a missile silo, next to an immense projectile carrying a nine-megaton nuclear warhead, waiting for the call to launch. The crews assigned to Titan Missile silos were standing on the brink of madness we approached during the Cold War.

The Titan Missile Museum outside Green Valley, Arizona, is an eerie reminder of the era of mutually assured destruction, as the United States and Soviet Union aimed even nuclear firepower to annihilate the world many times over.

For us, it carries even more significance because one of Tom’s friends since high school served in a silo near McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas.

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electricscootershq.org March 1, 2017

Nomads and the civilised look at each other with disapproval and misunderstanding. Why would anyone want to wander the wilderness and live in a tent? Why would anyone want to live in a box and obey unnecessary masters?
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  Judy Nichols March 3, 2017
  
  Ali, Mostly we’ve found people think it’s really cool. Many tell us they dream of being able to wander the world. Are you a nomad?

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