Deactivated Minuteman II ICBM Launch Control Facility (E-1)

USA / Missouri / Smithton /
 Minuteman, missile silo

The deactivated Launch Control Facility for "Flight Echo"(nicknamed "Ban It") , comprised of 10 Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. These missiles were manned by the 508th Strategic Missile Squadron, under the 351st Strategic Missile Wing (activated February 1 1963, deactivated July 31 1995).
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Coordinates:   38°33'47"N   93°6'32"W
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