Nuclear Silo Blast Doors
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Nuclear silo blast doors. The bunker is built to deflect a 30 megaton nuclear explosion as close as 2 kilometers 1 2 mi. Blast doors the 25 ton north blast door is the main entrance to another blast door background beyond which the side tunnel branches into access tunnels to the main chambers. The launcher closure door weighs approximately 110 tons and its design is to protect the minutman missile inside the launch facility from an enemy nuclear blast. Blast door for nuclear missile silo in the us.
Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. It costs a bomb but an old cold war underground nuclear missile site could be yours. Posted by 20 days ago. The complex is located inside a bunker protected by a 4ft thick slab of concrete as well as a 6 000 pound blast door.
The launcher closure door is the hexagon shaped concrete cap that seals off the minuteman missile inside its launch tube at the launch facility. Two air force crew members were disciplined for leaving silo blast doors open while they were on duty in an underground facility housing nuclear missiles.