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  1. I

    MX Missile (Peacekeeper/ LGM-118) Transporter Emplacer (TE) Fate?

    Does anyone know the final disposition of the Terex MX Transporter Emplacer (TE)? This vehicle was designed to support MX deployment in a system of multiple protective shelters linked by above ground roads, the so-called "Racetrack" proposal. In 1979, President Carter announced that 200 MX...
    • Ironmiked
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    • 1980s 1990s cold war general motors general motors terex division icbm late 1970s mx program post-cold war strategic air command united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    Hybla Fair (1974)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bedrock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Mesa EDIT: Forgot to mention that the above video comes from the Nuclear Vault channel over on YouTube.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s effects test emi / emp testing low yield nuclear device mx program nevada test site operation bedrock rainier mesa underground nuclear testing underground nuclear weapons effects test
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  3. Matej

    Not a standard USAF vehicle

    Searching for some stuff I found this photo - it shows the big drilling machine in USAF markings, apparently used for building some underground support facilities. Not an usual USAF vehicle, isn't it? ;) http://www.skyshipsovercashiers.com/secretfacilities.htm
    • Matej
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    • cold war mx program strategic air command united states united states air force usaf
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    • Forum: The Bar
  4. C

    Boeing "Big Bird" ICBM Launcher Aircraft (MX Airborne Carrier)

    Hi Everyone! I'm looking for information (3-views, artists conceptions, etc.) of a certain aircraft design I recall seeing in Aviation Week in the late 70's to early 80's. I believe it was a design for an ICBM (MX) airborne launcher. It was a large, propeller-driven aircraft, with a wingspan...
    • ChuckAnderson
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    • 1980s air-launched ballistic missile albm b-k dynamics boeing cold war late 1970s mx program nuclear battlefield strategic air command united states united states air force
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. sferrin

    MX (Peacekeeper) deployment concepts.

    Numerous methods of deploying the Peacekeeper were investigated and I wish somebody had all the details. Here's a few things I turned up: "One of the first MX projects was the Vertical Shelter Ground System Definition Program which required construction of an 18-foot diameter, 130-foot deep...
    • sferrin
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    • cold war icbm mx program mx rail garrison nuclear battlefield peacekeeper rail garrison strategic air command united states united states air force usaf
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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