#Minuteman #ICBM Launch Tests Triple #Warheads
Originally the #MinutemanIII ICBMs were equipped with three warheads, but in 2014 this was reduced to just one as a result of arms control limits agreed upon with #Russia. This #NewStartTreaty expires in 2026 and the plan is to put three warheads back in the 400 operational Minuteman III ICBMs in the US’ arsenal.
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/minuteman-icbm-launch-tests-triple-warheads/

US Air Force’s Election-Night ICBM Test
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/05/us-air-forces-election-night-icbm-test/
The missile will launch from a U.S. base in California, writes Leah Yananton. Twenty two minutes later it will crash into the Marshall Islands. By Leah Yananton Common Dreams Much of significance will happen at the end of Election Day,…
#Politics #Commentary #Environment #NuclearWeapons #Pentagon #DanielEllsberg #Diplomacy #Icbm #LeahYananton #MarshallIslands #MinutemanIii #Peace #VandenbergAirForceBase

GT-249 and 250 Test Launch Patching Ceremony 🚀

#GT249 #GT250 #MinutemanIII #USAF #USSF #patchingceremony

⏩ 3 new pictures from U.S. Space Force/Command (DVIDS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=3&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20240612112046

U.S. Air Force Major General Jason R. Armagost, Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie ...

U.S. Air Force Major General Jason R. Armagost, Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie J. Woods, Eighth Air Force command chief, visited#MinotAFB #TeamMinot #MinotAirForceBase #5thBombWing #91stMissileWing #B-52 #Stratofortress #MinutemanIII #ICBM #AirForceGlobalStrike #AirForce #USAirForce #Minot #NorthDakota #base #north #nuclear #airplane #aviation #missile #whynotminot #military #departmentofdefense #DOD #USAF #AF #USStrategicCommand #STRATCOM #strategic #peace #peaceisourprofession #warbird #roughrider #leadership
8th Air Force command team visits Team Minot

#FlugRevue:

"Aufgrund einer "Anomalität" hat die US Air Force den Testflug einer unbewaffneten Minuteman III am 1. November um 00.06 Ortszeit mit einer kontrollierten Sprengung über dem Pazifik vorzeitig beendet."

Also ich würd´ ja von Anomalie sprechen ...

https://www.flugrevue.de/missglueckter-testversuch-der-minuteman-iii-us-air-force-sprengt-interkontinental-rakete-v1/

6.11.2023

#ICBM #Minuteman #MinutemanIII #Rakete #USA #USAF

Nuclear Missile Silo Keyboard Re-Launched In USB

When [jns] and their colleague came across an industrial or possibly military grade keyboard/trackball combo on eBay, their minds did the same backflips that yours or mine might. Enthralled by the specialty key caps, the custom layout, and companion trackball adorned with its own keys rather than buttons [jns] and his workmate they did the only thing that infatuated hackers can do: They each bought one! [jns]'s goal? Make it work via USB. Everything's been documented in both software and in a very well done video that you can see below the break.

The OID its its natural habitat, a Minuteman III installation (U.S. Air Force photo)

After doing some digging, they found that the keyboard and trackball combination was used in Minuteman III nuclear missile silos beginning in the early 1990's, when the REACT program replaced aging cold war era computers and communications systems with simpler, more flexible systems.

Since the eBay auction came with only the keyboard and trackball, and not the entire Minuteman III outfit, using the new keyboard in its native habitat and wielding nuclear launch capabilities was right out the door. Instead, [jns] focused on reverse engineering the keyboard and trackball, collectively known as the OID (Operator Input Device) for use via USB.

In the video, [jns] goes into more detail about the discovery of reed switched keys, the RS422 protocol being used, blowing up an Arduino Pro Micro, and even repairing the aging trackball. Success was had, and he's graciously shared the software and hardware design with the world.

If industrial and military grade control hardware gets your hacker juices flowing, you'll not want to miss that time we covered a control console from a nuclear power plant for sale. Have you been working on any tantalizing, weird, obscure keyboards or equipment with far too many buttons and blinkenlights for your own good? Be sure to let us know about it via the Tip Line!

#retrocomputing #techhacks #arduinopromicro #keyboard #minutemaniii #missile #missilesilo #react #rs422