Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
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Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
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Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#2Gosh I really wish this WASN'T of general interest these days, but in the immortal punchline of Dave Chappelle - "I understand"
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#3I feel compelled to post some images of inertial guidance systems. Most of these parts are from the Minuteman 1 although there are some earlier and later guidance system components.
The white backplane and the gyroscopes are Minuteman 1 parts.
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#4Gosh I really wish this WASN'T of general interest these days, but in the immortal punchline of Dave Chappelle - "I understand "
What?
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#5I feel compelled to post some images of inertial guidance systems. Most of these parts are from the Minuteman 1 although there are some earlier and later guidance system components. The white backplane and the gyroscopes are Minuteman 1 parts. https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0YG4TcsmGWIVSf
Good ole' Autonetics.
BTW you can see some of these at the Air and Space Museum in DC, and a smaller set at the Computer Science Museum in ... Palo Alto? Mountain View? (that area)
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#6Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#7Gosh I really wish this WASN'T of general interest these days, but in the immortal punchline of Dave Chappelle - "I understand "
Wasn’t that Chris rock in his bit about O.J.?
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#8I feel compelled to post some images of inertial guidance systems. Most of these parts are from the Minuteman 1 although there are some earlier and later guidance system components. The white backplane and the gyroscopes are Minuteman 1 parts. https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0YG4TcsmGWIVSf
These are great, how did you come across / where did you get them?
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#9This has more detail than I would have expected, but I see there’s virtually nothing about the reentry bus. From what I’ve read, that’s where most of the secret sauce involving accuracy comes into play.
Re: Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf]
#10It's bizarre that this type of information is made publicly available due to freedom of information legislation. What is the benefit? Or is it merely an acceptable side effect of the greater good that FoIA delivers?
Not that my curiosity isn't triggered, but...