Nuclear Missile Silos 1980-2010 Eyeball

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/us/politics/14treaty.html
May 13, 2010
President Obama promised Thursday to spend $80 billion over 10 years to maintain and modernize the nation’s nuclear arsenal, a commitment that could help win Republican support for his new arms control treaty with Russia.
The treaty requires each side to deploy no more than 1,550 strategic warheads and 700 bombers, missiles and submarine launchers, and it establishes a new verification system to replace the one that expired along with the original Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in December.
Documents sent to the Senate detailed how the cuts would be made. At least 30 missile silos, 34 bombers and 56 submarine launch tubes would be taken out of service. But the United States could remove missiles from their silos without actually destroying them. Most of the bombers will be converted to conventional use. None of the 14 strategic nuclear submarines will be retired; instead, each will have 4 of its 24 launchers removed.

Nuclear Missile Silos 1980-2010

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090601-F-6655M-763. Sen. Mark Begich, center left, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, center right, listen to a brief on a ground-based interceptor missile silo on Fort Greeley, Alaska, June 1, 2009. Gates is touring missile defense facilities in Alaska. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force/Released)

090601-F-6655M-792. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates climbs into a ground-based interceptor missile silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, June 1, 2009. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force/Released)

090601-F-6655M-800. Alaska Senator Mark Begich, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Army Col. George Bond look deep into a ground-based interceptor missile silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, June 1, 2009. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison, U.S. Air Force/Released)

060827-F-0193C-002. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld reviews the ground based interceptor missile from within the silo at the missile defense site on Fort Greely, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2006. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

031021-F-8155K-003. Members of the United States and Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) inspection teams look into a US Air Force (USAF) Minuteman II Missile training silo at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD).

020606-F-5646C-005. US Air Force (USAF) Senior Airman (SRA) Daniel Horn (left) and USAF SAR Joshua Palmanteer, both Missile Maintenance Technicians (MMT), assigned to the 341st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), attaches a handling fixture to the Re-entry System on a Minuteman Missile inside the launch silo, during the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT).

020606-F-5646C-004. Senior Airman Daniel Horn (left) and Senior Airman Joshua Palmanteer, 341st MXS, Missile Maintenance Technicians (MMT), loosen screws prior to the removal of the Re-entry System at site Golf 11 during the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI), Malmstrom AFB, Mont. US Air Force (USAF) Senior Airman (SRA) Daniel Horn (left) and USAF SAR Joshua Palmanteer, both Missile Maintenance Technicians (MMT), assigned to the 341st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), loosen screws prior to the removal of the Re-entry System on a Minuteman Missile inside the launch silo, during the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT).

000801-F-1894K-917. An extreme long shot of a Minuteman Missile launch silo located at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. From Airman Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

000801-F-1894K-019. US Air Force Senior Airman Kith Cornwall of the 341st Maintenance Squadron Malmstrom AFB, Montana wears protective clothing and a breathing apparatus as he works inside a Minuteman Missile launch silo. From Airman Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

000801-F-1894K-018. US Air Force Airman First Class Jason Gill of the 341st Maintenance Squadron Malmstrom AFB, Montana works inside a Minuteman Missile launch silo. From Airman Magazine, August 2000 article "Eyeing Montana's Minuteman Missiles."

000701-F-2828D-004. US Air Force maintenance crews cover the exposed silo hole of a peacekeeper missile with pink plastic to keep the missile clean and dry during training at Vandenberg AFB, CA. From Airman Magazine, July 2000 article "Peacekeeper 2000."

000701-F-2828D-009. Inside a Peacekeeper missile silo at Vandenberg AFB, CA US Air Force maintenance personnel check the missile tube for damage which may have occurred during launch. From Airman Magazine, July 2000 article "Peacekeeper 2000."

000701-F-2828D-007. US Air Force maintenance personnel use a hoist to lower one of the 13 large empty electronic shipping containers into a Peacekeeper missile silo at Vandenberg AFB, CA. From Airman Magazine, July 2000 article "Peacekeeper 2000."

000701-F-2828D-002. US Air Force Launch Control Officers Lieutenant Marc Llacuna and Lieutenant Jennifer Schutzenhofer perform preflight checklists inside a Peacekeeper Silo at Vandenberg AFB, CA. From Airman Magazine, July 2000 article "Peacekeeper 2000."

DF-ST-02-02417. Systems engineer Dean Carlson (left) and electrical systems technician Dave Fawcett monitor a guidance computer in a mock silo at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The new Minuteman III guidance system is being evaluated at Hill AFB before going to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for launch. This image was used in the May 1998 issue of Airman Magazine.

971031-N-4541B-004. Two people in the Missile Alert Facility, turning their keys in unison, are necessary to launch an ICBM. The Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting system is manned by a two-man, 24-hour, alert duty team. Photographer's Name: PH2(AW) Gloria J. Barry. Location: FRANCIS E. WARREN, AFB. Date Shot: 10/31/1997

970429-F-1014W-002. Forty feet below ground in a missile silo on North Vandenberg AFB, Staff Sgt. Mark Conrad and Senior Airman Christopher Olson, missile maintenance technicians from the 320th Missile Squadron, work to replace a post boost control system on a Minuteman Man rocket.

961016-F-1014W-012. At Minuteman Missile Silo Alpha-7 Staff Sgts. Jason Bruns, Monte Reeder and Senior Airman Eric LaBorne (L-R) Missile Maintenance Technicians from the 90th MXS/LSS tighten the bolts on the upper stage of a Minuteman III missile.

961015-F-1014W-001. Missile Maintenance Technicians from the 90th MXS/LSS stand at the opening of Minuteman III Silo, Alpha-7. Pictured are: Senior Airman Eric Laborde (on diveboard), Staff Sgt. Jason Bruns & Staff Sgt. Monte Reeder (in work cage).

960604-N-8492C-001. US Secretary of Defense William Perry (left), Ukraine ministry of defense Mr. Schmarov (center) and Russian Ministry of Defense ltgen Grachov (right), celebrate the completed dismantlement of silo 110 and the Ukraine's completed nuclear weapons arsenal dismantlement. Silo 110 is the first of 160 Ukrainian silos to be dismantled in the next two years as part of the Nunn-Lugar / Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.

DF-ST-92-02534. Capt. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is observed by other oficers as he works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

DF-ST-92-02521. SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment at radio maintenance station No. 2 aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

DF-ST-92-01858. An officer tests the newly created model 1101 missile crew member chair, developed by AMI Industries, as he sits at the control panel inside a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silo.

DF-ST-91-05767. Sgt. Stephen M. Kravitsky inspects an LGM-30G Minuteman III missile inside a silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Kravitsky, a missile systems analyst with the 321st Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron, has been named as one of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 1989.

DF-ST-91-05769. Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky inspects an electrical panel inside a Minuteman III missile silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Kravitsky, a missile systems analyst with the 321st Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron, has been named as one of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 1989.

DF-ST-91-05768. Sergeant Stephen M. Kravitsky checks a reference binder inside a Minuteman III missile silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Kravitsky, a missile systems analyst with the 321st Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron, has been named as one of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 1989.

DF-ST-91-08812. An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile points skyward from its position in a silo. Photographer's Name: SSGT Ronald Rush. Location: F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 6/1/1987

DF-ST-87-03971. An aerial view of the intercontinental ballistic missile silo super-hardening test site. Photographer's Name: GARFIELD F. JONES. Location: YUMA. Date Shot: 6/21/1986

DF-ST-87-03974. Smoke, dust and debris rise into the air as 3.5 million pounds of explosives are detonated on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile silo during a silo super-hardening test. Note: Third view in a series of four. Photographer's Name: GARFIELD F. JONES. Location: YUMA. Date Shot: 6/21/1986

DF-SN-87-00889. Technicians work on the warheads of an LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Photographer's Name: UNKNOWN. Location: MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 1/1/1985

DF-SN-87-00890. Technicians work on the warhead of an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile. Photographer's Name: UNKNOWN. Location: MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 1/1/1985

DF-SN-85-06755. Aerial view of Missile Site No. 570-5 where members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron are removing a Titan II reentry vehicle from its silo. Photographer's Name: SSGT Dean M. Fox. Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 5/22/1984

DF-ST-85-06734. Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron guide a Titan II reentry vehicle as it is liftd out of its silo at site No. 570-5. Photographer's Name: SSGT Dean M. Fox. Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 5/22/1984

DF-SN-85-06754. Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron cover a Titan II reentry vehicle after it was removed from a silo at site No. 570-5 and placed onto a trailer for transport. Photographer's Name: SSGT Dean M. Fox. Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 5/22/1984

DF-ST-85-05368. The silo door is opened at Site 533-8 as members of the 381st Strategic Missile Wing prepare for the first deactivation of a Titan II missile at McConnell. Photographer's Name: Master Sgt. Deal Toney. Location: MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 7/3/1984

DF-ST-85-05316. A Titan II missile silo just prior to its destruction in acccordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). The tires are used to keep the flying debris to a minimum. Photographer's Name: SSgt. Michael Haggerty. Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 12/16/1983

DF-ST-85-05319. An aerial view of a Titan II missile silo after being destroyed by demolitions experts in accordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). Photographer's Name: Staff Sgt. Michael Haggerty. Location: DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 12/16/1983

DF-SC-83-10341. A view of the MX Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) being assembled. (NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNLESS OFFICIALLY RELEASED). Photographer's Name: Unknown. Location: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 8/23/1983

DF-ST-84-05898. Members of the 44th Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron service a missile inside a silo during Strategic Air Command exercise Global Shield '83. Photographer's Name: SMSGT Sutherland. Location: ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 6/30/1983

DF-ST-84-05899. Airman 1st Class Chris Huxtable of the 44th Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron maneuvers a guidance canister into position to be lowered into a missile silo. The missile is being serviced during Strategic Air Command exercise Global Shield '83. Photographer's Name: SMSGT Sutherland. Location: ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 6/30/1983

DF-SC-84-06273. A member of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing works at a control panel inside a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silo. Photographer's Name: SSgt. Louis Comeger. Location: GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 6/15/1983

DF-SC-84-06271. An interior view of a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile silo showing the living quarters and control panels. This silo is manned by personnel of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing. Photographer's Name: SSGT Louis Comeger. Location: GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 6/15/1983

DF-ST-83-02534. Workers at a Minuteman (LGM-30) silo construction site. Photographer's Name: AFSC. Location: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 11/23/1981

DF-SC-83-08174. Aerial view of Launch Facility #3, as a transportation and erection vehicle carrying a Minuteman missile, arrives at the site for placement into a silo. Photographer's Name: TSGT MICHAEL LONGFELLOW, USAF. Location: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 9/19/1980

DF-ST-82-03511. Two missile maintenance crewmen perform an electrical check on an LGM-30F Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its silo. Photographer's Name: TSGT Bob Wickley. Location: WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE. Date Shot: 1/1/1980