Minuteman Missle
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Section II — Life on the South Dakota Plains: Before, During, and After Minuteman

Chapter 4:
Chapter 4: Delta-01 and Delta-09 (1960s—80s) (continued)
Launch Control Center
Plate 45. Launch Control Center at Delta-01 (Courtesy of the 28th Civil Engineering Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base)

Missile Commander's Launch Control Console
Plate 46. Delta-01 Missile Commander's Launch Control Console (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Engineering Record, Reproduction Number HAER SD-50-A-69)

diagram
Plate 47. Line drawing of a Launch Control Console ("Weapon System Operation Instructions," (U.S. Air Force, 10 March 1986, Available at the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.Dak.), 1-57)

aerial view of Launch Facility
Plate 48. Aerial view of a completed Launch Facility in 1963 ("Site Activation Chronology, Minuteman Project, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, July 1963-October 1963," K243.012-40, in USAF Collection, AFHRA)
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