Minuteman Photo Gallery
(Last updated 14 Jun 2007, indicated by $ after photo number.)
"Must see" photos indicated by
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001 +++ :
Minuteman III on display at Grand Forks AFB (2001).
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002 $ +++ :
Minuteman launch facility D-32 just off N.D. Highway 1 approximately one mile south of Langdon, N.D. (1999).
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Minuteman missiles were maintained in these unattended underground silos scattered across the
North Dakota countryside. The missiles were to be
launched via remote command from an underground control room at one of the launch
control facilities (see photos 009, 012).
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From Joe Frazel:
The picture is after the outer zone security
upgrade. The white pole took the place of four blue
antennas. You can still see the round concrete
pillars that held the antennas. The one is right in
front of the light blue/green exhaust vent, about 3' high.
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(460 x 295 = 22k)
(913 x 585 = 77k) 000422
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003 +++ :
Cutaway diagram showing Minuteman missile, silo, and related launch facilities.
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004 :
Launch facility H-25 undergoing deactivation (photo 1) (2001).
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Launch facility H-25 undergoing deactivation (photo 2) (2001).
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006 :
Launch facility F-10 undergoing deactivation (2001).
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Launch doors after removal from silo during deactivation of launch facility F-10 (2001).
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008 +++ :
Former launch facility after deactivation complete (2001).
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009 $ +++ :
Abandoned launch control facility D-0 ("delta-zero") located just off N.D. Highway 1 approximately
one mile south of the Safeguard MSR complex (1999).
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Photo taken from the northwest on N.D. Highway 1.
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An elevator in this building was used by the two launch control officers to descend to the
launch control capsule 70 feet underground.
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Each missile launch control facility controlled multiple missiles (see 002).
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From Joe Frazel:
D-0 was called Dodge City. Inside the main building,
there was a telegraph wire along one wall and a
stuffed jackalope on another. The walls down the
elevator shaft were painted brown for dirt, and
someone glued fools gold on the walls. It was a cool control center.
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The LCF has been abandoned as part of the deactivation of the Minuteman units at Grand Forks
AFB (see 015).
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(460 x 293 = 28k)
(904 x 575 = 88k) 000410
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010 :
LCF described in 009, photo from the west on N.D. Highway 1 (1999).
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(600 X 279 = 23k)
(904 x 420 = 46k) 000412
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011 :
LCF described in 009, photo from the southwest on N.D. Highway 1 (1999).
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(500 x 293 = 26k)
(906 x 531 = 66k) 000411
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012 $ :
Abandoned launch control facility B-0 ("bravo-zero") just off N.D. Highway 5 approximately one mile east of
Langdon, N.D. (1999).
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From Joe Frazel:
Bravo flight had LF-13. That was
a magnet for halloween and peace protestors. There
were stories that one year a group of protestors got
on site and placed a bunch of fake tombstones.
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See 009 for complete description of launch control facility.
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(450 x 295 = 26k)
(904 x 592 = 92k) 000524
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013 +++ :
Abandoned LCF B-0 (winter view) (2000).
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014 +++ :
Closeup of abandoned launch control facility B-0 (2001).
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015 +++ :
Inactivation timeline for Minuteman units based at Grand Forks AFB.
