Posted on 05/06/2021 12:23:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
Silly me, I tot it was the Cowboy’s Bronco Buster’s Saddle’s buckles came loose.
my exact words just reading the headline!!!
course China already must know..
On my car I have to have the clutch pedal fully depressed...
SpaceX would have the ICBM drop the warhead on the enemy and then return to base to re-arm for the next strike.
Actually sounds pretty good to me.
The Minuteman III ICBM started service in 1970 and has had several life extension programs performed. The system is old but we know the ins and outs of maintaining them and keeping them on Alert and that particular missile was maintained as well as all the others in the inventory.
There have been hundreds of these test and evaluation launches and there have been very few failures or launch holds. This one held during Terminal Countdown. It is an amazing thing that so few have ever failed or held, especially since these systems are aging and the launch successes are a testament to the dedication and vigilance of the entire operations and maintenance families.
During war planning we take into account the failure rates of our different weapon systems as we apply them to required target destruction and the launch success of the Minuteman III weapon system is better than our calculations.
This one hold is not yet a cause for alarm but our nation needs the new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent as soon as possible before these occurrences happen too frequently.
I got to turn keys on a FOT&E launch and were were delayed by the Soviets. We had an early afternoon keyturn but held because the trawler was directly in the safety corridor and the Navy had to try to persuade them to move. While that was happening the Navy spotted a sub and spent hours getting it out of the safety zone.
We didn't launch until 0130L the next day.
Oh, the cause of this failure to launch is quite obvious:
Failure to adapt to climate change.
Nevermind about the fact that these missiles are 40-50 years old, poor maintenance, poor training, lack of spare parts...those things exist only in the imagination of white supremacists.
Uninformed comment. Missiles are periodically pulled and test fired as part of an overall quality program. In fact, the analysis of this failure will be much more valuable than a routine successful launch would have been. Missiles are transported to Vandenberg because it would scare hell out of people driving along I-80 to see an ICBM suddenly leap out of a silo in Wyoming.
44 MMS Ellsworth AFB 80-83
You assume the editors are competent.
It thought it was a racist.
One would think that missiles built in the 70’s before all the electronics really started impacting production on virtually everything would be better. I’d think an older missile would be less impacted by an enemy bomb blast or emp. I’m no rocket scientist just my 2 cents.
The Minuteman was the first missile to use integrated circuits. EMP protection has been built in and if you think about it a missile that was built in the early 70s that, for an extremely high percentage, can hit well within its CEP all these decades later is "better." The USAF has done miracles keeping these birds not only on Alert but reliable.
That was my first thought too.
Hmmm, I’m sure it would have worked out fine if only they had the gals who were featured in the movie, Hidden Figures. NASA would have been a complete failure without them. /sarc
Nope. Radio Shack...yes, for real.
That is an absolute load of crap. They are maintained way better than you keep your car.
I did maintenance on them for 9 years while I was in the Air Force and they are incredibly reliable considering they are 1960's evolutionary technology. Many aspects are laughably old school but they are bulletproof like the old metal Tonka trucks of the era.
Bravo. I knew you would respond too. This old 394th puke proudly salutes you.
Is it Chinese circuit boards, again?
Ex-commander: Nukes on high alert are vulnerable to error
5/1/2015, 2:39:50 AM · by Olog-hai · 21 replies
Associated Press ^ | Apr. 30, 2015 3:36 AM EDT | Robert Burns
A former commander of U.S. nuclear forces is leading a call for taking U.S. and Russian nuclear missiles off high alert, arguing that keeping them less ready for prompt launch would reduce the risk of miscalculation in a crisis. It also could keep a possible cyberattack from starting a nuclear war, he said, although neither Washington nor Moscow appears interested in negotiating an agreement to end the practice of keeping nuclear missiles on high alert. Retired Gen. James Cartwright said in an interview that “de-alerting” nuclear arsenals could foil cyber intruders by reducing the chance of firing a weapon in...
[Isn’t Cartwright a Clinton fan?]
U.S. Air Force asks industry for proposals to replace nuclear missiles
7/30/2016, 2:03:39 PM · by BenLurkin · 33 replies
reuters.com ^ | 07/29/2016
The Air Force said in a statement it expected to award up to two contracts for a new ICBM weapons system, or ground-based strategic deterrent, sometime next summer or fall. It also expected to award up to two contracts in the same time frame for a new nuclear cruise missile, or long-range standoff weapon. Modernization of the U.S. nuclear force is expected to cost more than $350 billion over the next decade as the United States works to replace its aging systems, including bombs, nuclear bombers, missiles and submarines. Some analysts estimate the cost of modernization at $1 trillion over...
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