Arizona trip ( i.e. Classic missiles )

From: McFadden, Mike <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>
Date: Fri Apr 13 12:03:22 2001

Classic Missiles
My sister lives just down the road from several decommissioned Minuteman
Silos, they are all over the middle of Missouri. Most are unmanned. The
control center was at Knob Noster, Missouri, right down the road from
Whiteman AFB the home of the B-2's. I've seen a few scared cows when a B-2
comes by on a low level run. They were going to blow up the Minuteman Silos
but the neighbors complained about damage to the local water table because
of waste oil, fluid leakage, lubricants and hydraulic fluid. They
eventually demolished them and filled the holes with gravel. I think they
wanted to make sure that the Russians didn't think we were going to secretly
reactivate them. You could tell where they were by the little windsocks for
the helicopter, the electric transformer on a pole and the fenced square
with a gravel road leading to them. I've heard rumors that a few cattle had
close encounters with the MP's when they walked through/over the fences
looking for green grass.

Mike
mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
Received on Fri Apr 13 2001 - 12:03:22 BST