Nation: WHERE THE BIRDS ARE
The Strategic Air Command last week took operational control of two new nine-bird squadrons of Titan II missiles at the Little Rock, Ark., Air Force Base. These are the last liquid-fueled intercontinental missiles scheduled for the U.S. arsenal. With the U.S. now well into the phase of second-generation missiles, the heavy emphasis is on the solid-fueled birds—land-based Minutemen and submarine-borne Polaris missiles. Herewith the U.S.'s fabulous strategic missile roster. A red dot · means operational.
LOCATION TYPE & NUMBER
ATLAS D: Range 8,000 miles
Offutt A.F.B., Omaha . . . 9 . . . ·
ATLAS E: Range 9,000 miles
Fairchild A.F.B., Spokane, Wash . . . 9 . . . ·
Forbes A.F.B., Topeka, Kans . . . 9 . . . ·
Warren A.F.B., Cheyenne, Wyo . . . 24 (also D's) . . . ·
ATLAS F: Range 9,000 miles
Lincoln, Neb., A.F.B. . . .12 . . . ·
Schilling A.F.B., Salina, Kans. . . .12 . . . ·
Altus, Okla., A.F.B. . . . 12 . . . ·
Dyess A.F.B., Abilene, Texas . . . 12 . . . ·
Walker A.F.B., Roswell, N. Mex. . . .12 . . . ·
Plattsburgh, N.Y., A.F.B. . . . 12 . . . ·
Vandenberg A.F.B., Lompoc, Calif. . . . 6 (also D's and E's) . . . ·
TITAN I: Range 8,000 miles
Lowry A.F.B., Denver . . . 18 . . . · · Beale A.F.B., Marysville, Calif . . . 9 . . . ·
Larson A.F.B., Moses Lake, Wash. . . . 9 . . . ·
Mountain Home, Idaho, A.F.B. . . . 9 . . . ·
Ellsworth A.F.B., Rapid City, S. Dak. . . . 9 . . . ·
TITAN II: Range over 9,000 miles
Davis-Monthan A.F.B., Tucson, Ariz. . . . 18 . . . ·
McConnell A.F.B., Wichita, Kans. . . . 18 . . . ·
Little Rock, Ark., A.F.B. . . . 18 . . . ·
LOCATION TYPE & NUMBER
MINUTEMAN: Range 5,000 miles
Malmstrom A.F.B., Great Falls, Mont . . . 150 . . . ·
Ellsworth A.F.B., Rapid City, S. Dak. . . . 150 . . . ·
Minot, N. Dak., A.F.B. . . . 150 . . 1/3 ·
Whiteman A.F.B., Knob Noster, Mo. . . . 150 . . .
Warren A.F.B., Cheyenne, Wyo. . . . 200 . . .
Grand Forks, N. Dak., A.F.B. . . . 150 . . .
Each Polaris sub can carry 16 missiles. The A1s and A2s are operational (·), the A3s not yet.
Submarines with Polaris A1:
Range 1,200 miles ·
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Polaris A2: Range 1,500 miles ·
Ethan Allen
Sam Houston
Thomas A. Edison
John Marshall
Lafayette
Polaris A3: Range 2,500 miles
Alexander Hamilton Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas Jefferson Von Steuben
Andrew Jackson Casimir Pulaski
John Adams Stonewall Jackson
James Monroe Sam Rayburn
Nathan Hale Nathaniel Greene
Woodrow Wilson Benjamin Franklin
Henry Clay Simón Bolívar
Daniel Webster Kamehameha
James Madison George Bancroft
Tecumseh Lewis and Clark
Daniel Boone James K. Polk
John C. Calhoun
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