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1 Dec 2010

• SRMSC Redevelopment
  • Added new section to chronicle SRMSC redevelopment activity.
  • Added link to new section on Miscellaneous (Additional Topics / Information).
• Media Coverage
  • Added two newspaper articles at the end of the page:
    • A protest for peace
    • Sweet home, North Dakota

14 Oct 2010

• SRMSC Water Supply System
  • Added new map showing well field and water lines.
  • Added link to photos of well field facilities.

29 Jun 2009

• Glossary
  Added new terms: BSC, DCG, DCU, HLT, IF, LLT, RF.

04 Feb 2009

• Memorabilia Photo Gallery
  Added photo 007 of the Safeguard lucite paper weight.
  Thanks to George Rasi for the photo.

16 Oct 2008

• Note: Added or changed items within updated pages are flagged by $.
• References
  Added Ft. Bliss PDF documents:
  • Safeguard Missile Training Program
  • Army Air Artillery Defense School

22 Aug 2008

• Note: Added or changed items within updated pages are flagged by $.
• Safeguard Construction (new section).
• References
  Added PDF/doc files (thanks to Ron Plante for most of them, and especially for providing his copy of A History of the Huntsville Division):
  • 321^st Missile Wing at Grand Forks: Cold War Legacy
  • Antiballistic Missile System Evaluation
  • Archie to SAM: A Short Operational History of Ground-Based Air Defense
  • The Bell System Technical Journal, Special Supplement, Safeguard Data-Processing System
  • Future Air Defense Missile Systems
  • A History of the Huntsville Division 15 October 1967 - 31 December 1976
  • Nike Zeus: America's First Anti-Ballistic Missile
  • Safeguard ABM Defense System
  • Seize the High Ground; The U.S. Army In Space and Missile Defense
  • SMDC History - The First ABM Site in the Free World
  • Strategic Defense: Four Decades of Progress
• Missile Photo Gallery
  Added photos:
  • A02 Museum photo with both Spartan and Sprint (from Neil Schwanitz).
  • B02 Sprint in launch cell ready for firing.
  • B05 Sprint launch.
  • B10 Sprint salvo launch.
  • C13 Spartan launch.
• MSR/MSCB Photo Gallery - Section B
  Added photo:
  • B09 The MSR all dressed up as Skynet from the Terminator franchise.
• MSR Missile Support Photo Gallery
  Added photo:
  • 035 Sprint & Spartan launch areas, MSR in background.
• Safeguard Training Facility Photo Gallery
  Added photo:
  • 003 "Bird's eye" view of the missile launch training area..
• Safeguard Memorabilia
  Added photo:
  • 011 Post tag from the SRMSC (from Gene Yee).
• Data Processing System (continued):
  • Added link to PDF version of Bell System Technical Journal.
  • Added link to comments from John Dierdorf who worked on the software.
• Media Coverage
  • Added PDF Memoirs: ABM Sites and Sounds.

29 Feb 2008

• Added information on planned 2010 reunion to SRMSC Reunion.

30 Oct 2007

• Missile Photo Gallery:
  • Added two new Spartan drawings (C03, C04) from Larry Nazimek.
• MSR Missile Support Photo Gallery:
  • Added two new Spartan launch station drawings (041, 042) from Larry Nazimek.

18 Jun 2007

• Added Atomic Journeys (Welcome to Ground Zero) to References.

14 Jun 2007

• Updated Minuteman Photo Gallery captions on photos 002 (launch facility D-32), 009 (launch control facility D-0), and 012 (launch control facility B-0) to include information From Joe Frazel.

24 Aug 2006

• Missiles:
  • Corrected photo caption (Nike Zeus is shown, not Spartan).
• Spartan (continued):
  • Added paragraph about Nike Zeus predecessor and updated statistics to include Nike Zeus.
• Links:
  • Added White Sands Missile Range Museum.
• Thanks to Doyle Piland (Archivist/Webmaster, White Sands Missile Range Museum).

14 Aug 2006

• New Guestbook Entry and New Reunion Forum Entry:
  • Changed update to use email submission rather than direct update due to ever increasing attacks by the spammers.

31 Jul 2006

• Reunion and Reunion Forum:
  • Updated to indicate the reunion apparently will not happen.

21 Apr 2006

• Note: Added or changed items within updated pages are flagged by $.
• Video: Safeguard in Operation:
  • Added 19 new video clips from A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program.
  • Video clips also added to relevant photo galleries.
  • Thanks to Noel Laxdal for sharing his copy.
• Safeguard Memorabilia:
  • Added photo 010 from Gene Yee of a Kwajalein QSL card (used by ham radio operators to confirm contact).
• Montana PAR:
  • Reversed aerial photo of Montana PAR site prior to restoration (thanks to Robert L. Bleecker, Jr. for pointing out the error).
• Montana PAR Photo Gallery:
  • Updated photo A02 with information from Robert L. Bleecker, Jr. about use of one of the auxiliary buildings by the Toole County School District.
• Safeguard Personnel:
  • Updated first name for MP Russell Smith (from Tim Littlefield).
  • Added nine new names: Engelman, Fosness, Friedrich, Gums, Jordon, McCoy, Schara, Wagoner, Weaver.
• Links:
  • Added 3 new links at bottom of page (flagged by $).
• References:
  • Added two video references (flagged by $).

Earlier updates:

• See Change Log Archive