Cold war memorabilia, minuteman missle underground cable, ICBM

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Cold war memorabilia, minuteman missle underground cable, ICBM:
$34.99

Attention: I am leaving for a 15 day vacation, but I am leaving this ad up. Just realize that it will be a couple weeks before I am back to ship it. 01-11-15. Thanks
During the Cold War, Whiteman AFB, MO served as a major center for the many Minuteman missiles planted in Midwest farm country. After nuclear arms reduction was completed, the missile silos were blown up and filled with dirt, while missiles were dismantled and destroyed. In case someone in Russia got trigger happy and pushed the button, our president would respond by pushing his button, and all hell would break loose. The missiles could be dispatched by cryptic messages sent through underground cables and great balls of fire would ensue. Since this cable has no more use, that which has been located has been dug up and shipped to China for electronics manufacture since it contains the purest copper on the market. I have some that I located while putting in new fence posts. The cable contains 67 insulated wires surrounded by mylar sheath, then nylon, then copper, nylon, copper, nylon, copper, and finally another outer nylon protective sheath. Many of my friends and neighbors wanted a piece of this history and since I have some left, I am offering it to you so we all can have a legitimate piece of the Minuteman Missile Network that was our answer to the Soviet threat that we lived under for decades. I don\'t have any presentation cases, or plaques to go with them, but I\'ll send you something that will be a real conversation piece and an honest functional piece of the Minuteman Missile network. Upon receipt of payment, I\'ll send you one piece of missile cable approximately 6\"-8\" long that came from my farm, which is about 30 miles from WAFB, MO, a photo of military sign indicating area of buried missile cable, an extra piece of cable (approx. 1\" in length) in case you want to take one apart, and a letter of authenticity. Order yours for your own enjoyment or for that special one-of-a-kind gift. Thanks. Shipping free within the lower 48.
P.S. I just uploaded pic of marker in the woods indicating a cable running to the south, but it goes nowhere.Comments from buyers:
Great piece of memorabilia! I pulled alerts in both Minuteman (Great Falls, MT) and Peacekeeper (Cheyenne, Wy) where this type cable is still in use today. What we have here is a hunk of the Hardened Intersite Cable System, or HICS. It was pressurized, hence all the different layers to keep the air inside. A loss in pressure was reported to the the support base as an indication that someone might have dug up the cable and was trying to hack into the HICS. Or a drop in pressure meant the cable had sprung a leak and could potentially allow water into the system. Either way not a good thing when you\'re controlling nukes. I will be proud to own my own HICS sample.I bought 3 for my sons. please include in box a simple letter from yourself talking about how you got them and anything else you\'d like. thanks! MSgt, USAF (ret)Thanks for offering these! I just finished a missile tour at F.E. Warren and have been looking for memorabilia but have never seen any of these for sale. Gonna look great on my wall of missile stuff.Me: On my back forty, there is a post indicating buried cable heading south. The cable is there but it dead ends and I have learned that there were several of these dead heads--to throw off someone who planned to sabotage the system. About 25 years ago, my mechanic was doing some work on his dad\'s farm. Using a backhoe, he pulled up a cable. Helicopters showed up, hummers and all munitions were aimed at him. He was blamed at first, but we didn\'t have \"call before you dig\" back then.

Wow, great story! Yeah each launch site has a compressor hooked to them that keeps them pressurized with a small bit of air (although i cant see where it would be at from your pictures) and an alarm goes off if they are cut and maintenance has some way of pinpointing where the cut is.

I\'m gonna post a link to your item on a Missileers Facebook page I am a member of. There are lots missileers on there and from the past few decades including Whiteman guys, I bet it will help you sell these a lot faster.Thanks Tom, that\'s much appreciated. For a bunch of years, now, I\'ve been collecting some of the little things associated with that vast hidden enterprise, the Country\'s nuclear weapons shield. Will be very happy to have this. And it seems like you\'ve made a bunch of others equally happy.
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MIT Lincoln LaboratoryYou meet the nicest people, like Michael...Hi Tom, I\'m from Kildare in Ireland. I am a crazy history buff and havin grown up during the cold war the whole era has fascinated me from childhood until now. Attached are a couple of links. One is a little web page I maintain with some of the cold war related militaria I collect on it the other link is to a Face book group I created and manage called \'Cold war steel\' [link removed by ]flight-helmets.html [link removed by ]ColdWarSteel?ref=hl As you can tell your piece of cable is going to a loving home :)Hello Tom. I wanted to let you know that the cable piece arrived safely today and my son is thrilled with it and the documentation you provided. You really went above and beyond for us. The photo and note on your personal stationery are wonderful! I hadn\'t realized that this was dug up on your own property. Unbelievable. This is a really special piece to add to his collection and you are a special man to go to this much trouble. May you have a very merry Christmas and a blessed new year!
Kind regards,
Donna
Hi Tom,
Many thanks for your response. I will enjoy adding this to my SAC Collection. I grew up having 2 parents who were CIA and as a kid well understood the Cold War. My Dad was an Electronic Engineer and in 1960 or so, helped with the Atlas ICBM rockets. That was when he was with Convair. I have items from the ICBM systems, 3 ejection seats out of a 105, F-4, and B-52, other nuke items I have come across, all of course now defunct and paper weights. I have always enjoyed history. Growing up many of my relatives were WWII Vets so I would listen to them for hours telling stories. My Grandfather was involved with the Manhattan Project so all of these materials interest me. Your section of wire will be a very welcome addition. If you ever sell any of the military cable signs let me know! Again, thanks so much! Dan