Arizona trip

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Thu Apr 12 18:25:32 2001

The one that's the museum may be one of the old sites. I've seen the lights
on sites myself and been in under "no lone zone" procedures and been knee
deep in water where a sump failed. The lights were actually go-nogo for the
lid. When the lid was unlatched for opening the light would go red as a
stand clear wanring. On the newer sites I believe that no one needs to be
warned as the launch tubes are satellited way off from the launch complex -
one complex to about a dozen missiles. There's an access to the launch tube
for maintenance but not like the Titan setup. The Titan launch complex had a
control center, barracks, etc next to each launch tube, one crew/complex for
each missile. The ones active now are one crew, many remote missiles.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of David C. Jenner
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 10:49 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Arizona trip
>
>
> Standing on the top of Kitt Peak (50 miles SW of Tucson) at night
> during the 60's and 70's you could see a dozen or so Titan sites on
> the surrounding desert floor. They had a couple of green lights.
> If you saw these lights turn red, you knew it was time to duck.
> The road to Kitt Peak passed within a few hundred feet of one site.
> Maybe this is the "museum"?
>
> Dave
>
> Russ Blakeman wrote:
> >
> > There are other Titan silos but they've been converted to things like
> > research labs, homes, observatories, etc scattered throughout the US but
> > none are an actual "missile site" anymore other than the one
> you speak of.
> > Is this site a government museum, or a privately run one? Do
> they actually
> > have a Titan in it?
> >
> > I've been all over the boneyard at Davis-Monthan throughout the
> years while
> > still active AF but didn't know there was a Titan site anywhere around.
> >
Received on Thu Apr 12 2001 - 18:25:32 BST