To: eastforker
are the minute man silos still maned??
74 posted on
01/26/2004 2:45:36 PM PST by
camas
To: camas
Yes. The silos that are online are still manned. But they been reduced in significance more to system-maintenance monitoring roles...the missiles can now be launched remotely using totally automated controls...from Air Force One, to Looking Glass to NORAD.
89 posted on
01/26/2004 3:01:53 PM PST by
Paul Ross
("A country that cannot control its borders isn't really a country any more."-President Ronald Reagan)
To: camas
are the minute man silos still maned??The silos were never manned, however, the LCCs are.
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