Fire in missile room not found for 5 days
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Oct 31, 2008 10:51:04 EDT
A fire broke out inside the equipment room of a launch facility that houses a nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., on May 23.
No damage was done to the nuclear missile and no one was hurt at the unmanned launch facility, said Air Force Space Command officials.
The damage from the fire, which extinguished itself, was not discovered until five days after it started during a thunderstorm that temporarily knocked out power at the site, said Maj. Laurie Arellano, a Space Command spokeswoman.
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Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
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308Mike
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Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
Linkarooni - some heads should be rolling.......... and this after the nukes on the B-52 incident:
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
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I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
What about battery operated smoke detectors??? 
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
Holy Crap! Isn't THIS scary.
There must be an end to this intimidation by those who come to this great country, but reject its culture.
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
Something like this is why they should rethink the unmanned status.308Mike: No damage was done to the nuclear missile and no one was hurt at the unmanned launch facility, said Air Force Space Command officials.
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
Not Mil-Spec.Rumpshot wrote:What about battery operated smoke detectors???
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. It's voltage divided by current.
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There is no such thing as overkill. There is only "Open fire!" and "Reloading!"
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
And the battery operated smoke detector would have buzzed until the battery died, with no one to hear it.
They don't "rethink the unmanned status, because this was a silo, not the launch control facility. One control capsule controls a number of remote silos. Those silos don't get opened and closed on a whim.
They don't "rethink the unmanned status, because this was a silo, not the launch control facility. One control capsule controls a number of remote silos. Those silos don't get opened and closed on a whim.
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
I'm familiar with the concept, and was referring to the whole design, not just an immediate fix.
My misteak for not installing clarity in my previous post.
An immediate fix would probably be to increase the frequency of visits by maintenance personnel to inspect, clean and repair.
My misteak for not installing clarity in my previous post.
An immediate fix would probably be to increase the frequency of visits by maintenance personnel to inspect, clean and repair.
A weak government usually remains a servant of citizens, while a strong government usually becomes the master of its subjects.
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
So a thunderstorm can completely take a f*cking ICBM silo offline.
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
sounds like a good way to steal a warhead...
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Re: Fire in ICBM missile room not found for 5 days
I wouldn't want to get caught trying.mekender wrote:sounds like a good way to steal a warhead...
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad