<VV> Mobile ICBM Launcher (no Corvair)

[George Jones]

I was stationed on one of those mobile ICBM launchers, one of the ones that
was REAL close to the target. Thank god we were never called on to do what
we were intended to do.

I don't miss the cold war!

George Jones
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USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631)
Eastern Division Director,
Corvair Society of America (CORSA since 1987)
Performance Corvair Group
Central Florida Corvair Club (Since 2009)
'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe Custom


On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:27 PM, <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 8/20/2010 11:16:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> Vairtec at optonline.net writes:
>
> I  remember the comic Gallagher doing a bit about this.  He was mounting
> the ICBM on top of a motorhome, and calling it ICBMW, for
> Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Winnebago.
>
> He said that the  secret to keeping the Russians from knowing the
> location of our missiles  was, don't tell the Russians where you are
> going on vacation!
>
> --Bob  Marlow
>
>
>
>
> The place where I worked also did design work - and built a prototype  -
> for Mobile ICBM launchers. It was like a giant "Shell" game with rail
>  cars.
> Sanity prevailed.
>
> Seth  Emerson
>
> C's the Day! - Corvair,  Camaro, Corvette
>
> San Jose, CA
>
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