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thegreatlandoni posted a photo:
Not my photo. Don't recall where I got it - probably the web. I couldn't take a camera to work.
Peacekeeper Missile program (formerly called the MX Missile program). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG-118A_Peacekeeper
The truck-like thing on the left with the front end hinged open is the EMPLACER that I worked on ... I helped design the electrical system. I was employed by Lockheed-Martin (previously called Martin-Marietta) from 1984 to 2002 and worked on the emplacer from 1984 to 1988.
In the photo, a missile nose cone capable of containing 10 nuclear warheads has been trucked to the site and is being transfered into the emplacer ... rolling on rails.
When complete, the front portion will be lowered and the internal hoist is connected to the nose cone. The emplacer then is erected to vertical and lowers the nose cone into the silo, onto the previously installed segments of the missile.
Each segment of the missile is brought to the site separately and emplaced into the silo one-at-a-time in bottom-to-top sequence. A Westinghouse "air elevator" supports the weight and is coordinated with the emplacer in lowering the segments.
thegreatlandoni posted a photo:
Hill Air Force Base circa 1985. Peacekeeper Missile Program en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG-118A_Peacekeeper.
This is the transport truck for the first stage of the missile (the bottom end where the fire and smoke comes out).
Somebody took this photo of me and two coworkers when we were troubleshooting this little tiny truck with a Cumins diesel engine.
I'm the shortest guy on the right end. The guy in the red shirt worked for me at this time. We were working on the electrical system. He is the one who gave me the nickname "The Great Landoni" because he thought some of the things I did to investigate and fix the electrical problems seemed like magic to him (get it? magician ... The Great Rodini?)
The dude on the left end was working on a brake problem.
mileskristian posted a photo:
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