Let us hope our world will be safer for future generations, through dialogue and rational foreign policy
Minuteman II missile silo, one of 18 former intercontinental ballistic missiles spread throughout South Dakota, each carried a 1.5-megaton warhead 5,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan in WW II.
Thankfully, all have been destroyed in S.D. with the passage of the arms reduction treaty during the presidency of George H.W. Bush.
This missile minus the warhead and the launch center are now historical museums run by the Interior Dept. The only one allowed by the treaty between the United States and Russia in the 1990's.
7 responses
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Rhio9 (Rhio Hirsch) said (23 Oct 2008):
god this is scary!
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Diane Peterson gave props (24 Oct 2008):
Well put!
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Laura Hartley gave props (29 Oct 2008):
Lovely commentary, and I am enjoying your head of hair - now - howsabout some face!!!!!
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Virginie Maillard said (6 Nov 2008):
Hello Mister William, I hope that you didn't leave with this missile...Where are you William, I only hear your silence...
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Nelson Campbell gave props (11 Nov 2008):
This give me cold chills.
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Jason Platt gave props (28 Jul 2009):
commentary and shot are right on!
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Yasmina Baggili gave props (21 Oct 2009):
Wow, how scary...excellent shot
