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MSR / MSCB Photos: Interior
ERC (Equipment Readiness Center)

Photo Sources:
04005: John Thompson.

7358e: Historic American Engineering Record: SRMSC

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Vnnn: SRMSC Tactical Area Virtual Tour (link on home page)

The Equipment Readiness Center consisted of an Equipment Readiness Console and large automatic status display panels for all major equipment areas: radar, computers, missiles (including RSL's), and all other major supporting systems. Some doors within the MSCB could be operated manually or monitored and operated pneumatically from the Equipment Readiness Center (see photo V011 below). (Description from Clint Esckilsen)

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Component locations MSCB level 2 (7358e)

7358e (M)   (L)
Equipment Readiness Center (ERC) Console (A230)

A230 (M)   (L)
MSCB ERC (John Thompson)

04005 (M)
  • 7358e: Equipment Readiness Center location, MSCB level 2
    • C: ERC, Room 206
  • A230: ERC Console
    • The status display panel on the front wall is just visible in the upper left of the photo.
    • The keytag lockboxes on the wall are still empty. The fourth lockbox has yet to be installed. (See next photo, 04005).
  • 04005: MSCB ERC (Equipment Readiness Center) with MP John Thompson at the console (1975).
    • From Dale Whitacre:
      • The panel just to the right of the scope is part of the phone system. I do remember some of the phone buttons; they were not as much speed dial numbers as they were "Direct Lines" hardwired to other sites: Grand Forks, Minot, and other SAC or NORAD locations. "Push the button and someone always answered, never a busy signal."
      • The brass colored lights in the backround are key tags, inside key lockboxes (glass fronts). I'm not sure what they all were used for, some were for lock-outs to disable firing, while working in missile cells, some were for security alarms on cells (disable during service). Some even activated motor switches, to move cell covers. Two keys were always required (some locations required three): one from the red missle crew, one from the blue missle crew, and some entry locations, that were alarmed, required the MP's to also bring a key, or combination, and to communicate with the SOCC operator during entries.

2017 virt tour MSCB BMDOC (V033)

V033 (M)   (L)
2017 virt tour MSCB lvl 3 (V011)

V011 (M)   (L)
  • V033: 2017 photo of one of the most important corridors in the MSCB (Missile Site Control Building).
    On level 2, right to left:
    • Entrance to the BMDOC (Room 207, Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Center).
      • The BMDOC provided the major tactical control of the Safeguard system.
      • The raised floor extended to the bottom of the doors.
    • Entrance to the ERC (Room 206, Equipment Readiness Center).
    • Two entrances to small offices (Rooms 204 and 205).
    • To the right at end of the corridor:
      • Data processing area (Room 201).
        • Contained entrance to the SRV operations center (Room 203, System Readiness Verification).
  • V011: Level 3 emergency exit (and entrance).
    • Not the original door. The original door:
      • was made of 16 inch thick blast resistant steel plate
      • had gasket seals against radiation and biological agents
      • was shielded against rfi (radio frequency interference) and emp (electro magnetic pulse)
      • could be operated manually or monitored and operated pneumatically from the equipment readiness center