UNDERGROUND LAUNCHING UNITS FOR ATLAS MISSILE.-Cut-away diagrams of the units for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at the Vandenberg Air Force base, California. The underground cavity shelters the missile from surprise attack. The count-down for launching is conducted in a spherical control chamber, also built underground, beside the launching site. On the right, the missile is shown above the ground in the launching position.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29130, 16 February 1960, Page 9
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64UNDERGROUND LAUNCHING UNITS FOR ATLAS MISSILE.-Cut-away diagrams of the units for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at the Vandenberg Air Force base, California. The underground cavity shelters the missile from surprise attack. The count-down for launching is conducted in a spherical control chamber, also built underground, beside the launching site. On the right, the missile is shown above the ground in the launching position. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29130, 16 February 1960, Page 9
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