Wilford Minuteman Missile

[hesham]

Hi,

https://digital.klnpa.org/digital/collection/wcuburke/id/54/

 

[PMN1]

What were they think of with that??

 

[fightingirish]

Black and white negative concept drawing of the minuteman missile designed for the United States Air Force. The concept used a launching rotor designed by Wilford to launch atomic waste into space.

"Atomic waste", a typo or just another word for "nuclear warheads"?!

 

[RanulfC]

What were they think of with that??

I'd need more to go on but could be one of the many concepts for launching an ICBM without the tell-tale 'launch flare' or suggested air-breathing stages to enhance performance* and/or reduce launch silo damage. (An Minuteman pretty much wrecks it's launch silo on launch and the original idea ala-the Titan was an ability to 're-load' for another go) That is the weirdest I've seen though.

* Could be they actually meant:

Black and white negative concept drawing of the minuteman missile designed for the United States Air Force. The concept used a launching rotor designed by Wilford to launch atomic waste into space.

"Atomic waste", a typo or just another word for "nuclear warheads"?!

And it was an idea to use 'surplus' Minuteman missiles to launch actual waste into space... THAT would likely be a crazy idea but...

Randy

 

[Anachronus]

We have enough junk in orbit already. No need to intentionally add more.

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

Maybe it’s a scheme whereby you have ten times the number of silo’s than missiles and you keep swapping the missiles between the silo’s to keep the russkies guessing.

 

[PMN1]

Maybe it’s a scheme whereby you have ten times the number of silo’s than missiles and you keep swapping the missiles between the silo’s to keep the russkies guessing.

I think it was the product of a deranged immagination.