A Tentative Fleet Plan
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David Stumpfs' Minuteman has this table, which I've done my best to reproduce here:I’ve always read between 2-3k psi. any other members with information?
Minuteman I | Minuteman I | Minuteman I | Minuteman II | |
Wing I (Malmstrom AFB) | Wing II (Ellsworth AFB) | Wings III-V (Minot AFB, Whiteman AFB & Francis E. warren AFB) | Wing IV (Grand Forks AFB) & 564th SMS (Malmstrom AFB) | |
Missile | LGM-30A | LGM-30B | LGM-30B | LGM-30F |
Launch Facility | 300psi | 300psi | 300psi | 300psi |
Launch Facility Emergency Generator | Soft | Soft | 25psi | 300psi |
Launch Control Center | 1000psi | 1000psi | 1000psi | 1000psi |
Launch Control Center Emergency Generator | Soft | Soft | 300psi | 1000psi |
Survivability | 6 Hours | 6 Hours | 9 Weeks | 9 Weeks |
Targeting | Single | Dual | Dual | 8 |
The Minuteman Silos have an internal diameter of 12ft and a depth of 80ft (apart from the Silos for Grand Forks AFB and the 564th SMS, which had a 90ft depth to provide extra volume for future missile designs) so you could launch considerably larger cold-launched missiles from them.