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Duress Code at Nike Missile Launching Area

June 28, 2009
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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...
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Titan Missile Underground Launch Complex Cutaway

June 20, 2009
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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...
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