Minuteman Missile
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Section I — The Cold War and National Armament

Chapter 3:
Minuteman and the Next Generation (1960s—present) (continued)
Minuteman test launch
Plate 9. Minuteman test launch, Vandenberg Air Force Base, 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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Plate 10. From left to right, scale drawings of Atlas, Titan I, and Minuteman I ICBMs (John C. Lonnquest and David F. Winkler, To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program, 65)

Minuteman I missile
Plate 11. Full-scale test of Minuteman I missile, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1960 (Photograph No. B-08-018-1, "Guided Missiles — Boeing SM-80," U.S. Air Force Photo, Record Group 342, National Archives,, College Park, Md.)

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Plate 12. Line drawings showing the evolution of the Minuteman ICBM (Lonnquest and Winkler, To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program, 243)

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Plate 13. Line drawing showing an exploded view of Minuteman II and the Minuteman II Transporter Erector (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HAER SD-50-sheet 3) (click on image for an enlargement in a new window)

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Plate 14. Flight sequence of Minuteman II ICBM (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HAER SD-50-sheet 4) (click on image for an enlargement in a new window)
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