Arizona trip ( i.e. Classic missiles )

Classic Missiles My sister lives just down the road from several decommissioned Minuteman Silos, they are all over the middle of Missouri. Most are unmanned. The control center was at Knob Noster, Missouri, right down the road from Whiteman AFB the home of the B-2's. I've seen a few scared cows when a B-2 comes by on a low level run. They were going to blow up the Minuteman Silos but the neighbors complained about damage to the local water table because of waste oil, fluid leakage, lubricants and hydraulic fluid. They eventually demolished them and filled the holes with gravel. I think they wanted to make sure that the Russians didn't think we were going to secretly reactivate them. You could tell where they were by the little windsocks for the helicopter, the electric transformer on a pole and the fenced square with a gravel road leading to them. I've heard rumors that a few cattle had close encounters with the MP's when they walked through/over the fences looking for green grass. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu