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MSR Missile Support Gallery 2

Photo Sources:

1nnn: Ves Fulp

5nnn: Andrew Tyler

6nnn: Hugh Murphy

7nnn: Historic American Engineering Record: SRMSC

Snnn: Safeguard Lightning Evaluation Summary Report

Miscellaneous

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• 7370: Missile launch area as seen from the top of the warhead handling building.
  • Sprint area left, Spartan area right.
  • Vertical poles are launch area antennas (LAA's) that allowed the MSR to communicate via its radar beam with missiles in their underground launch cells.
• 7371: Exclusion area sentry station, warhead handling building, and launch area as seen from the MSCB.
• 7372: Wider view of 7371 that also includes the universal missile building on the left.

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• 7364: Telephoto view of the universal missile building from the MSCB.
  • On the far right can be seen the emergency exit tunnel.
  • The small 'boxes' on top are the ventilators.
• 7369: Warhead handling building.
  • Located within the exclusion area.
  • Equipment entrance in center, personnel entrance to left.
  • To the right is the emergency exit tunnel constructed of corrugated metal pipe..
• 7368: Exclusion area sentry station (EASS).
  • Enforced the "two-man rule" for areas containing nuclear weapons.
  • Warhead handling building in background on left.
  • Missile launch areas at end of road in center.

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• 1002: Aerial view of missile launch area under construction.
  • Sprint launchers lower left, Spartan launchers upper right.
  • All launch cells covered with temporary covers except for a single Sprint cell at bottom center.
• 1038: Later aerial view of missile launch area.
  • All launch cells now covered with tactical (operational) covers.
  • The two electrical distribution centers can be seen at the left and right of the Spartan launch area. <$
• 7377: View of 43-foot high midsection of Spartan launch chamber and exhaust duct as it was being prepared for installation.
  • Photo by Morrison-Knudsen Company and Associates, 1 October 1970.

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• 1042: Spartan launch station under construction.
  • Launch chamber and exhaust duct covered with temporary covers.
  • Launch area antenna at right.
• 7373: View of Spartan silo 'headworks'.
  • In front center is personnel access hatch leading to launch preparation equipment vault (LPEV).
  • On right is launch area antenna.
  • Behind are the two launch cell protective covers, one for the launch chamber, one for the exhaust duct.
  • Photo by Gerald Greenwood, June 1993.
• 7374: View into empty Spartan missile silo.
  • Launch rail is located in the north section of all silos.
  • At right is mechanical electrical equipment vault.
  • Top of photo is up, bottom is down.
  • Photo by Gerald Greenwood, June 1993.

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S702 (M)   (L) <$

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• S701: Spartan Universal Transporter Loader (UTL). <$
  See Safeguard Lightning Evaluation Summary Report page 15 for more info.
• S702: Sprint Service Van (SSV) in travel mode. <$
  See Safeguard Lightning Evaluation Summary Report page 15 for more info.
• S703: Sprint Service Van (SSV) in deployed mode. <$

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• 7378: View of Sprint missile silo liners, prior to their installation within the subsurface holes at the missile launch site.
  • Note the silo liner at right; atop this is the launch preparation equipment chamber (LPEC).
  • Photographer unknown, June 1971.
• 1039: Winter view of launch cell / missile installation.
• 1043: Sprint launch area under construction.
  • Launch cells covered with temporary covers.

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• 1040: Photo of Sprint launch area in operational status.
• 1041: Closeup of tactical Sprint launch cell cover.
• 1035: View into Sprint launch cell before missile installation.

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• 7375: View into Sprint launch cell after site deactivated.
  • Photo by Gerald Greenwood, June 1993.
• 6005: Martin Marietta Corp. Safeguard logo
• 6008: Air supported shelter deployed over a Sprint launch station during site activation installation and test.

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• 6012: MSR missile launch area.
• 6015: Sprint installation crew from Martin Marietta Corp (MMC) and US Army personnel probably from 1975.
  • First row left to right:
    Unknown (MMC), Frank Mahoric (MMC), Bob Farrel (MMC).
  • Second row left to right:
    Hugh Murphy (USA), Unknown, Carl Sams (MMC), Art Rupard (MMC), Bill Parker (USA).
• 6016: Hugh Murphy removing Sprint launch cell cover bolts with electric impact wrench, 1975.

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• 6017: Hugh Murphy (left), Art Rupard (MMC) (right), and unknown MMC employee inside a deployed Sprint service vehicle, 1975
  • We were probably there to install a warhead and a guidance and control section on a Sprint.
• 6018: Hugh Murphy (left) and Carl Sparks (ARADCOM) in Sprint service vehicle, 1975.
• 6019: Hugh Murphy (left) and Bob Farrel (MMC quality engineer) in a Sprint service vehicle, 1975.

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• 6023: The last warhead to be removed and shipped from SRMSC.
  • Kneeling left to right:
    Gerry Goodwin, COL Hohsinger, Jerry McDaniels.
  • Standing left to right:
    MP (unknown), MMC Rep (unknown), Boris Ivanoff, Joe Morales, Hugh Murphy, Bill Smith, Chuck Angelo, Roy Foster, unknown, MP (unknown).
  • Seated on fork lift:
    Operator (unknown) from 50th Ordnance.

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• 5007: Missile launch area from the MSCB.
• 5012: Left to right:
  • Exclusion area sentry station.
  • Warhead handling building.
  • Missile fields.
  • Universal missile building (partially visible).
• 5023: Universal missile building.

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• 5021: Exclusion area sentry station.
• 5022: Sprint launch station.

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• 5020: Universal missile building can be seen in background.