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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)
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To: Paul Ross
remotely using totally automated controls...from Air Force One, to Looking Glass to NORAD.

I doubt the first one since reporters and other non-cleared individuals routinely fly on Air Force One. Perhaps you are thinking of the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) pronounced Knee-cap. A specially modified Boeing 747-200, equipped with communications and satellite uplink gear as well as the ability to launch ICBMs remotely.

If you recall on 9/11/2001, the President immediately flew from Florida to Barksdale AFB, LA, where the NEACP is based, among other locations.

105 posted on 01/26/2004 5:24:51 PM PST by CholeraJoe (I'm a Veteran. I live in Montana. I own assault weapons. I vote. Any questions?)
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