ICBM video
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Publicado 2010-05-05
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I love how the music is so buoyant when what's happening there is probably the beginning of the end of the world.
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Someone once said a strategic nuclear exchange would be like a shootout with flamethrowers in a phonebooth.
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Actually "mission accomplished" with ICBMs is to never (have to) fire any.
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Once those keys are turned and ELC Message Transmit is complete, there is no turning back.
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I love the way this has been categorized as "Comedy"
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This is the very first video I've seen anywhere that actually demonstrates the modern (ie. early 1990's onward) launch procedures for Minuteman missiles. Superb find.
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Anyone in 2024?
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While I am no pacifist the heroic music accompanying this video is obscene.
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I. I hear sirens screaming C. See lightning rip the sky, B. Be afraid my darling M. Embrace me as we die.
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Human civilization destroyed. Slow claps
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I never really realized how these actually worked until now. As scary as this is they are a bundle of amazing technology.
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I can't even begin to imagine the psychological implications of a job like this. I can't help but think of the 1983 movie "The Day After" when I see this. I can't help but hear that line "Step 1: Launch Keys Inserted" "Roger"
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Mission accomplished, now lets go home.....oh yeah.....
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In the seventies I was part of the USAF Strategic Air Command security team at Minuteman Missile silos in South Dakota....this is accurate and sobering stuff. These missiles were always meant to be a deterrent to war because of MAD...Mutually Assured Destruction.......We lived at these missile alert facilities for several days at a time and were in the field with 10 missiles in each Flight as part of a Squadron. This really is Tip Of The Spear....and God help us they are never launched.
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Mind boggling engineering. Really incredible what smart humans are capable of creating.
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3:30 God, that music makes killing millions of innocent civilians sound so exciting and cool! Thanks Northrop Grumman!
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Bob I don't remember the launch test Including the roar of a launching ICBM.
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Great video. I worked at Whiteman on MMII in the '80's. We were still using the old consoles in the LCC's and not the newer REACT consoles. LF's were pretty much the same though, just slightly different bird. I can guarantee you there were no Lt. Col's in the LCC's. This was in a trainer.
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I wish they still wore the blue fatigues. It just had a unique, squared away look. When I was at NORAD, I used to say it would be cool if we could adopt the blue SAC fatigue in honor of those who were the vanguards of the Cold War defense apparatus.
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Back in the day when I was a project manager pup at a very large machine shop, we made mass simulators of the RV. Even as dummy's, they were spooky. Needle sharp tips.
