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Duress Code at Nike Missile Launching Area
Duress code. Yes, it’s a real term and it means “panic code,” or a code that you give instead of your “real” code to indicate that you’re in trouble. Or under duress. I had never heard of it until reading The Nike Historical Society’s excellent section about security at Nike installations. One reader wrote in... »
Titan Missile Underground Launch Complex Cutaway
The Titan II Missile Underground Launch Complex (Large Image) is classic Cold War-era cutaway stuff. At the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona, you can tour the entire facility. As their brochure states: The Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was the first liquid propellant missile that could be launched from underground. Equipped with a nine-megaton... »