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#14I 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
>The MGS is an inertial guidance system which directs the flight of the missile. The guidance system operates continuously while the missile is in alert status, thus enabling the missile to be launched in less than one minute.
I wonder how often the missile is in alert status? Presumably regular testing?
For those just skimming the guidance system info (for Minuteman III) starts on page 49. Looks like they miniaturized it some and that giant moon lander backplane seems to be substantially reduced?
Amazing pics, thanks for sharing!
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#15If you like this site you'll also like www.ed-thelen.org (about Nike missiles)
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#18If you like this site you'll also like www.ed-thelen.org (about Nike missiles)
There’s also a Nike site across the Golden Gate Bridge from SF.
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#19It'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...
I guess… Why wouldn’t it be? At some point why would you keep it classified?
Funnily enough I’m just reading a book on Draper Labs and there’s a huge amount of detail on old inertial guidance systems.
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#20It'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...
> What is the benefit?
Sticking to our principles