The previously mentioned warhead- or "re-entry vehicle". One view shows the Atlas as it is being raised on it's own huge elevator platform out of it's hardened underground silo. All the huffing and puffing is steam from the rocket's cryogenic fuel. Wait- you mean they fueled it in the silo and THEN RAISED IT UP!
That's a lot of work!
Our other work-a-day snapshot is from down in the silo.
"Nice warhead, good warhead!"
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Oh yes- our re-entry vehicle for this afternoon contains the newer, lightweight and easy to handle, W-49 thermonuclear device. Yield 1.5 megaton. Built by those wonderful folks who brought you that lovely pink electric range : General Electric! Hey, would you rather the guys down at Joe's Hardware threw it together!
No, the rumor is not true, GE did not put their slogan "We Bring Good Things to Life" on their warheads.
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here's a cute little list of nuclear weapons the U.S. has built-
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