Previously Held AFSC/MOS 42350-Aircraft and Missile Electrical Repairman
42370-Aircraft Electrical Repair Technician
30650C-Electronic Communications and Cryptographic Equipment Systems Repairman
Service Years
1960 - 1966
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
After I got out of the service I went to work for IBM and was there for the next 30 year's as a large system service support.
Retired from IBM in 1996 and it only seems like yesterday.
Been on 5 cruises and to Europe 5 times and like to travel with the wife.
1964-1966, LGM-30F Minuteman II Missile
From Year 1964
To Year 1966
Personal Memories
Not Specified
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LGM-30F Minuteman II Missile Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
The LGM-30F Minuteman II was an American nuclear missile, a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The LGM-30F Minuteman II was an improved version of the Minuteman I missile. Development on the Minuteman-II began in 1962. Minuteman II production began in 1965. Deployment of the new ICBM began in 1966. By 1967, production of the Minuteman II missile was completed. The last of the 500 missiles remained in service up to 1998.
The Minuteman II missile increased range, payload over its predecessor and its guidance system gave better azimuthal coverage, providing military planners with better accuracy and a wider range of targets. Some missiles also carried penetration aids, allowing higher probability of success against anti-ballistic missile system that by this time depolyed by the Soviet Union around Moscow.
The Minuteman II program was economically crucial to the development of integrated circuits. It was the first mass-produced system to use a computer constructed from integrated circuits.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
General Information Developed by USA Deployed by USA Development Year 1963 Deployment Year 1966 Retirement Year 1998 Number deployed 500 Contractor Boeing Aerospace
Dimensions and Performance Length 18.2m Body Diameter 1.8m(Base) Launch Weight 31,746kg Range 12,500km Accuracy 200m CEP
Components Propulsion 3-stage solid-fuel rocket motor Payload single warhead Mk 11C RV + penetration aids Warhead W-56 1.2MT nuclear warhead Guidance inertial
