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Video: Safeguard in Operation
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Introduction
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001 :
<$ System Overview (1)
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Missiles
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002 :
<$ Spartan and Sprint launches (1)
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Explosive charge opens Spartan launch station doors.
Closeup of Spartan leaving launch station.
Distant view of Spartan launch.
Distant view of Sprint launch.
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wmv, 00:13
(320 x 240 = 1.26m) 005002
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003 :
<$ Spartan launch (1)
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Distant view of Spartan launch.
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wmv, 00:04
(320 x 240 = 474k) 005018
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004 :
<$ Nike Zeus motor test (Spartan predecessor) (1)
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Test firing of first stage Zeus motor.
Missile guidance within and outside the atmosphere.
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wmv, 00:25
(320 x 240 = 2.33m) 005016
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005 :
<$ Sprint intercept test (1)
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Distant view of Sprint launch.
Simulated intercept of ICBM re-entry vehicle.
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wmv, 00:16
(320 x 240 = 1.56m) 005003
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006 :
Sprint launch (2)
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Slow motion closeup of ejection from silo.
1st stage ignition.
Normal speed distant view of launch.
2nd stage separation and ignition.
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mpg, 00:14
(170 x 120 = 288k)
(352 x 240 = 2.0m) 004204
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007 :
<$ Sprint salvo launch (1)
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Distant view of dual Sprint launch.
Monitoring of U.S. ABM missile tests by Soviet Union.
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wmv, 00:19
(320 x 240 = 1.77m) 005004
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008 :
<$ Sprint launches (1)
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Distant view.
Closeup view.
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wmv, 00:04
(320 x 240 = 427k) 005017
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009 :
<$ Warhead delivery (1)
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Delivery of missile warhead via helicopter from Grand Forks AFB.
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wmv, 00:15
(320 x 240 = 1.47m) 005014
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MSR
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010 :
<$ BMDOC engagement exercise (1)
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BMDOC: Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Center.
Activity is shown during an engagement exercise.
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From Frank Flavell:
In most drills, after you had expended all available rounds, a final
incoming would be targeted on the MSR, and all you could do was wait for it
to hit. A nice way of keeping us humble I guess.
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wmv, 00:42
(320 x 240 = 3.93m) 005015
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011 :
<$ BMDOC facilities (1)
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Console and "flapper board" system status display.
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wmv, 00:08
(320 x 240 = 778k) 005005
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012 :
<$ MSDP area (1)
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MSDP: Missile Site Data Processor.
Personnel (with time of appearance):
00:00 Noel Laxdal (red/white checked shirt)
00:07 Ken Weaver
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wmv, 00:11
(320 x 240 = 1.09m) 005013
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013 :
<$ MSDP Control Area, Prototype MSR (1)
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Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll.
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wmv, 00:14
(320 x 240 = 1.30m) 005001
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014 :
<$ Antenna feed horn (1)
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Interior view of MSR antenna face.
Feed horn for transmitting/receiving RF signals.
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wmv, 00:07
(320 x 240 = 778k) 005012
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015 :
<$ MSR complex support facilities (1)
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Family housing
BEQ
Dispensary
PX
Gym
Chapel
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wmv, 00:31
(320 x 240 = 2.88m) 005010
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PAR
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016 :
<$ PAR antenna element installation (1)
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Exterior antenna installation.
Interior antenna connection.
Radar control consoles.
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wmv, 00:29
(320 x 240 = 2.70m) 005011
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017 :
PAR consoles (2)
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Operational consoles.
Display closeup showing tracks of re-entry vehicles.
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mpg, 00:08
(170 x 120 = 196k)
(352 x 240 = 1.2m) 004205
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BMDC
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018 :
<$ BMDC entrance and DPS area (1)
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BMDC: Ballistic Missile Defense Center.
Exterior view of Cheyenne Mountain and entrance tunnel.
Entrance to the BMDC inside Cheyenne Mountain.
BMDC data processing area.
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wmv, 00:13
(320 x 240 = 1.30m) 005006
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019 :
<$ NORAD / BMDC interface (1)
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NORAD combat operations center.
NORAD control of Safeguard nuclear enablement.
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wmv, 00:14
(320 x 240 = 1.39m) 005009
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020 :
<$ BMDC operations area (1)
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Consoles and "flapper board" system status display.
Redundant communications links to SRMSC in North Dakota.
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wmv, 00:16
(320 x 240 = 1.55m) 005007
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021 :
<$ Data communications antenna (1)
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Hardened microwave antenna on top of Cheyenne Mountain.
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wmv, 00:06
(320 x 240 = 669k) 005008