The French government eliminated all of their land based Nuclear Deterrent as their Nuclear Powered Carrier Submarines carrying Ballistic Missiles armed with Strategic Thermonuclear Warheads are safer & much more secure...
Weinstein doesn't think there's anything wrong anywhere and everywhere---our nukes are clearly in a diplorable state, makes me wonder about the kremlin's and there we are poking the bear inside his hibernating caves in the snows of Ukraine....
I'm sure you can see it that way I understand. ..., However. Have you ever thought about. WHY the US needs these insane destructive weapons to begin with ? Let me guess. Could I be that the US simply don't trust other countries. And why not .....could it be that the US wants to be in control over the world at all times ? What policies is the US exercising that makes us us sooooo scared. Do we have the courage to look at it this way ? What about the concepts of doing clean business with other countries. Does world piece means anything ??? Just Asking
It’s been almost 10 years since this report, would be great to follow up not only if the US can defend the satellite but also how good Chinese has gotten since then.
The U.S. is still way ahead of everyone else on nuclear weapons technology sure we don’t have the most nuclear weapons Russia does but it doesn’t matter who has more any use of nuclear weapons there would be no winner
@@manmeetworldthe unofficial space force has been around for a long time. They wanted more money so the government gave them a name to make it legit-ish.
My grandfather Died in 1964 (nov, 22) Nebraska City. He manned ICBM's as a Captain in the Airforce. He was 32 y/o with 6 children at home. He was a veteran of the conflict in Korea in the Army, and based on the little bit I know, he was a true war hero. He loved this country, but he also tried to save his own life, before the crash that killed him, he knew flying into those bases in small STOL aircraft was highly dangerous and unnecessary. I read for myself a hand typed letter he wrote to his command about alternatives. But he was so patriotic he followed the orders that eventually killed him. I have always wondered why the AFB in Lincoln, NE was closed after only 6 years in operation. My grandmother never remarried, and couldn't talk much about my grandfather, all she ever told us was he was tattooed in Korea, and when he tried to go back into the Airforce he used acid to melt the tattoos off his arms.
@@ALCRAN2010 Back in those days (1960s) you couldn't be an officer with tattoos visible with a t-shirt on. (from what I know) plus the Airforce was fairly new and for someone that technically was in charge of an armed Nuclear ICBM there were fairly high standards. In fairness he was in charge of a team of 6 that did 24 on 24 off shifts in the silos.
I'm thankful to your grandfather for his service. My grandpa also served in Korea war in the army and my father fought in desert storm so I know how much stress the military can put on the ones that serve and their families. 🙏🏾
Very safe when superpower nations have coordinates right at the capitals and whatnot aimed at all times for "just in case". We can cease to exist anytime. It's impossible to stop all missiles, and if it's nuclear missiles at supersonic speeds, well forget it.
@@thestateofalaska bout time... Hey don't feel bad...all of my demos are on mini disc... I worked in radio several years... The first thing they taught us in media school was reel to reel... When I asked my instructor why he just replied. " You don't think this internet will last forever do you, someday it will crash and when it does we are going to need people to know how to reboot the system from scratch... The old school way.
These guys and submarine crews are the unsung HEROES that America never hears about. But they are the people working to keep us safe in our beds every night.
Yeah and what’s crazy is that we allow a Chinese/ Russian spy ballon just chill right above us flying over monitoring where our army bases are where we have our tanks where we have our weapons and in general how we let them plot there future invasion
I was stationed there for 3 years in the early 2000s as a civil structural engineer. For the enlisted they would set you up on the test and you could take it as many times as you needed to pass. This was going on when I was there. We never passed inspections and nothing ever happened. These missile bases are known as burner based. The troops get burnt out having nothing but there duty. You are in the middle of no where. They have the highest discharge rates in the armed services. Also on the enlisted side you can get stuck at one of these bases as a missiler for 5-10years because it’s hard to fully train a replacement before they get out and don’t re-up. It’s one of the worst long term assignments in the AF.
@Shortboy Kennels reminds me that dinner is ready soon while the news plays and dad reads the paper and mom cooks Mmm and to think I “hated” family dinner time
The missle fields piece was very interesting, very thourough. Around the 19:00 mark really hit home for me - being active duty Navy for 18 yrs, the disconnect of "Top Brass" and the the ones "in the trenches" is so accurate. I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard things are working perfect and nothing is wrong, compared to what is actually the case - old, falling apart equipment; outdated tech, poor business practices and low morale. It's not ALL doom and gloom, but updating our homeland and abroad defenses (across all branches) should be a top priority. I think the biggest hurdle (apart from retention) is that our military is extremely widespread to the point that the U.S. military blankets every aspect of everything - ground based missles to subs to radar and radio transmitter sites around the globe to every possible ship and plane platform conceived and now even space and the cyber sector; defense is needed of course, but the occupation of every square inch of it can be overwhelming, thus leading to upkeep, upgrade and logistical nightmares that never seem to end. Us vets get the job done with what little time and supplies we have, but that won't keep the U.S. afloat forever. The USS Fitzgerald, USS John McClain and even BHR incidents come to mind - and that was just because of personnel and training.
It's crazy how many stories there are about outdated equipment in the military with the budget the military complex has. What do you think is the reason?
Thank you for your service. I believe our systems and the training to operate them should be upgraded and modernized where necessary, though I think using the older computer is a good idea since it can't be hacked since it doesn't connect to the internet. It's sad that more urgency about maintenance/update/replacing outdated equipment isn't on the radar of some of the "brass". My dad was complaining about such things as far back as WWII, according to my mum. The more things change...
The U.S government is actually using a name of a continent to its citizens and country. We are U.S. citizens. Citizens of the United States. The United States is a country but America its not a country America its a continent. The whole entire continent was already named America 269 years way before the United States of America became a nation or even existed. Everyone on the American continent is an American likewise Asia are Asians, Africa are Africans and Europe are Europeans.🤦....ok I have five questions for you and everyone in here!!! 1: Where or how the United States government got the name America from? 2: What happen first? The United States of America or the American continent? 3: The United States of America is the only country that belongs, found and located on the American continent is it? 4: What government divided the American continent? 5: What government added the North, the Central and the South to the American continent? Huh? 😎.....
Many people have assumed that the location of the silos and launch centers is hidden. That's not true. They have long been clearly visible in earth observation satellite images, available to the public. Additionally, the exact locations were revealed in a book published in 1988.
@@georgekraus9357 And very difficult to launch. They are a revenge weapon if Russia Federation Attacks them. [They know the US wont initiate a first strike against the Peoples Republic of China]...
@@wastelesslearning1245 Perhaps when you report for duty Monday morning you could phone The Joint Chiefs and show them your research? I'm sure a high ranking military strategist such as yourself has a direct line correct?
@@Isawwhatyoudid sadly not though If they let me, I’d gladly explain how underground tunnels with movable secret missile launchers are far harder to hit targets and there by better for national security then stationary silos with doors rusted open.
I've been viewing "60 Minutes" content for close to five decades. I'm impressed with both these lead reporters and their respective production crews - these two pieces were excellent; the reporting was stellar. Nice to see "60 Minutes" still showing they're tops in the "TV" investigative field that they invented.
Your watching this on RUclips I'd say things are different it shouldn't be a Challenge to do basic news like this considering the government gave and controlled all access to a story like this it goes show how us propaganda controls the masses
My father was an executive engineer for Boeing ,Space Division and worked on a the Global Positioning Satellite System as his final project foe Boeing! I learned more about the GOS development from this video than I ever did from my father. Loose lips sink ships!
This is 1960s technology you don't think China and Russia have spy satellites that can zoom enough to read a license plate or have spies in place already?? They 100% do and know all this plus plenty more
Very interesting piece. "TWO! TWO!" For those who don't know this mindset I pretty well engrained throughout the whole military. With very few exceptions the smallest operation capable unit is two. I learned it in Army Infantry school, then it was emphasized later in the Airborne. Our phrase was "Two is one, one is none."
I just noticed those locks with the keys in them are easily lockpickable. I do wonder how easy it would be for one rogue officer to launch one of those Minute Men.
@@eustab.anas-mann9510 I would think it'd be pretty tough....each person has a code to open their key box, plus I would think some other information has to be entered into the system correctly by each & if one person was successful at getting that far, then the keys also have to be turned at the same but spaced farther apart than one human has the capability to reach.
@@smf2072 Turning keys at the same time should be easily feasible with a rubber band and some duct tape. Like I said the locks are lockpickable even with plastic if they use a metal detector each time you enter the C&C room. But if person 2 knows a code or password person 1 doesn't know it should still be pretty hard to pull off.
'60 minutes' best show ever- A large book that the Trump White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, presented to Lesley Stahl, who interviewed the president for "60 Minutes," was filled with previously issued executive orders and legislation instead of Trump's healthcare plan, the show (and subsequently the Washington Post and NYT) said. During the interview, Trump became increasingly frustrated by what Stahl had promised would be "tough" questions. Trump cut short the interview and walked out. Triggered, hypersensitive melting snowflake practicing cancel culture. As the saying goes "if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen" Pity it took until Jan. 20, 2021. 2023-indictments 2024-trials 2025-sentencing & prison.
My great grandfather designed and managed the crews who built every single missile silo from Colorado to south Dakota...its a pretty damned cool to have a direct tie to one of the most nostalgic thing in america
Much respect to your great grandfather. You can tell from the footage the engineering is best in breed. Built to last forever. I would be suspect if they replaced it with something new. Especially if we’re made in China.
@shortboykennels3105 me I'm 42 my great grandfather died in 1974 and worked for morrison-knudson the lead designer for all the missile silos from SD to CO
These "kids" are the cream of the crop of our military, and it's super cool that 60 Minutes highlighted them, although it would be cool to see where they are 10 years later (now, in 2024 vs when it was first aired in 2014).
What is worrying is what that guy said "Once they are launched there's no way of stopping them." In the late 70s there was a blip in the machines and America thought they were under attack, they were minutes away from launching all their missiles but in just a nick of time it was a false reading and didn't proceed to fire, the world could have pretty much ended right there, frightening.
We can shoot down enemy missiles so there's no reason we couldn't shoot down our own. It would even be easier since we know their trajectory and launch time precisely. Look up how missile defense works its equally as complex if not more so than everything you saw here. Much harder to hit a moving target then be a moving target 🎯
@@kenosabi yea thank God his radar was only showing a small amount of dots and he had enough common sense to know that if it was an actual attack, there would have been more.
As for the HIGH GROUND of Space, we practiced and learned that nuclear weapons detonated in space wiped out the electronics of satellites but also BLINDED our radars to track our missiles, satellites, and warheads as well as the enemies ! So Nukes In Space were NOT a good option for defense. We learned to HARDEN the electronics for survivability of space environment and warfare but it wasn't enough ! For every move, there is a counter-move,... every defense, a counter defense ! The game is endless and as long as we create enemies, the game shall continue !
Appreciate your warm comments. Frank was a good man. Unfortunately, his family never got the answers they wanted. We were never sure he actually took his life. There was supposedly an investigation as to whether or not he was murdered. When he was found, there was a strap around his neck and his hands were not in front of him, they were behind his back. Unfortunately, we will never know what really happened.
Watch the movie "Threads" it may actually scar you for life but I think in this nuclear age it's information we should all be aware of. It's a tough watch, you may not even be able to finish it. It shows how the many layers of our society will fall apart and government will become a self serving survival institution that locks out the general public from resources. That's not the whole movie its much more than that but that part was the most eye opening to me. There's another movie based in the USA called "The Day After" but it's not as intense as Threads. Again these movies will ruin your day and maybe even your week but it's worth seeing because the fallout of nuclear war is truly unimaginable.
I just watched Threads a few months ago and it gave me so much anxiety. I really hope that there are some effective counter measures against a nuclear strike.
@@aynrandom3004 there's some pretty good videos available about our ability to defend an all out nuclear strike. Unfortunately they won't make you sleep any better at night. The enemy will launch a warhead with like 20 small warheads on board that spread out and some of them are dummies. The idea is to overwhelm out ability to knock them all out and some will inevitably get through. Best bet is to never use them. We live in a scary time in human history.
@@aynrandom3004 Best bet is to far remove yourself from strike zones. Move to a non-aligned country in Southern Hemisphere. You'll sleep better. But then there's the aftermath. Which is much worse. Me, I stay put and be vaporized like a boss. Better than living in a hellscape.
Thank you so so so much for releasing this interesting video on RUclips which is something most people on earth will never and ever learn from school in their entire life. I am from a developing country that sometimes my family had a hard time making ends meet but that such a great privilege I could learn that. Thank you so much 60 minutes and the whole team.
They way she says something like do you think it’s pointless to have such a large company of missile guard like we do because we will probably never use these missles is outrageous to say. They are least used but also most importantat the same time
They already know. The secrecy isnt to keep the enemy in the dark. Its partly to exact a cost on them collecting the data, partly a chance for counter inteligence, and a big part of it is to keep the public in the dark on how their money is being spent.
Minot has endured frequent high-level dismissals over the past two decades, including the 91st Missile Wing Operations Support Squadron commander in 2021, the 69th Bomb Squadron and 91st Security Forces Group commanders in 2018, the 741st Missile Squadron commander in 2014, the 91st Missile Wing commander in 2009 and the 5th Bomb Group commander in 2007.
Starlink was funded by the DoD. There’s numerous reasons: latency, redundancy, and just plain research. Starlink is particularly vulnerable because the satellites are in a very low earth orbit. They’re easy to hit but there’s the maneuverability the satellites are supposed to have, coupled with the sheer number of Starlink satellites, makes them a different type of target from our regular GPS and geosynchronous satellites. Which were thought to be much harder to hit than satellites in LEO. The Chinese and Russians are building their own versions of the GPS systems, to varying degrees of success.
@@dongately2817 SL SATs are also relatively small, and fast, which I imagine make them harder targets to hit. Makes sense that they were funded at least in part by DoD.
60 minutes simply the best. Information at its best its a pity our world had to come to this where we had to invested our lives in these weapons of mass destruction hoping every day that the team doesn't makes a mistake . it sad
It's actually comforting to know that the systems are analog, and they use floppy disc. no way to hack a typewriter right. I would agree that out of the three deployment platforms the land-based missiles seem a little outdated in this day and time. There are probably that many more missiles in space that we know nothing of that are ready to fire as well.; I could see doing away with the titan threes, that way they wouldn't have the problems that the enlisted folks go through to deal with.
I believe that it's really nice that our Ole Country has at least a 10 year, (probably longer), advantage in Space devices of all kinds Over the Chinese. I'm also really Glad that our Space Command is Managed & Led by some REALLY Sharp & Capable General Officers. In this 60 Minutes report, these Officer's expressed a True since of confidence in the Extremely important job that they're responsible for and I APPLAUD Them.
It's true, but it takes a year for China to build several kinds of different new military equipment while it takes decades to some other countries to do the same, By 2035, the world expects China will be the first world potency, and a direct confrontation against the United States must happen. I always thought Russia was the competition but is not, if China rises as the new power, Spanish people are dead, how to migrate to China, it won't be easy 😂
The jets together were certainly our bombers heading home or across the drink, unfortunately we are at war. Can't tell which direction they were flying from video. As for the bird, as a kid in East Texas I used to watch the thunderstorms build and when you were on the West side looking to the storms in the East you would see groups of large birds circling really high up in the updraft on the backside of the storm, and they were massive enough to see from 20 miles. Later in life in Texas I would look for the same birds I saw 40yrs prior but never saw them again. It would be nice to know whatever they were they are still around?
No james you don't,did you watch the video?you have 40 year old nukes which are really damaged,only in hollywood you have cool things in reality it's another story.
"That's why we have a military. I... I'm not NASA." Best succinct answer! Professional soldiers clearly speaking about their profession is a strange, brutal, refreshing thing! It doesn't cost a small fortune. It costs a HUGE fortune! 73,000,000,000,000 cubic miles!
The expression on the gentleman's face when it's suggested he, or his partner, might go bonkers lets me know we have some very solid personalities down in that room. 'Grateful for that; we use the nukes every day.
It would sure be nice if we could see the current state of these same locations at present day. These reports being 8 - 9 years old, makes this almost a period piece. Still, the highest of quality, and many very good questions were asked. I hope you are working on another segment on this topic soon!
The complexes are still the exact same way that they have always been nothing has changed and nothing will unless the military phases out underground missile silos and goes for air and sea based ones like the Titan missiles that are currently on submarines hidden in the ocean.
I think this is a biased report that assumes human error and incompetence all over, and does not describe all the training and effort that these men and women go through. My salute (from a far away western country) to all these people that are doing a great job to defend western society.
@@jacklouie8096 Your’s is a ridiculous statement. Western society has been building itself since ancient Greece and earlier, by men and women from a full array of ethnicities. I am pretty sure you are a primary beneficiary of all the benefits and advances of western society. Includinng the computer you are writting on,
60 minutes has an excellent reputation for tough but fair reporting. Yet, I agree that these soldiers deserve our utmost respect and admiration for their dedication to the us constitution, our nation and the world. Moreover, I wholeheartedly sympathize with their dilemma of being chosen to work below their capabilities.
Yeah my school was 96 was an A so at 92-94 usually I had a B average....loosening down to 90 is huge!! But ths way the guy phrased it. As a 90 percent student he's basically a D Student on the 100 percent perfection target. Thats why the airforce is the most intelligent branch of the military. Man I love the airforce, people forget how much they actually do.
That's amazing, I was born in NC but my family wasn't living there back in those times. Everyone knows about it now, at least in my generation which seems more interested in this stuff and to know about it, it's like a trivia topic.
I can confirm they're heavily guarded, I live In ND, my old job had me driving around a lot, I pulled over to take a call and not much after 5 minutes of me being there on the phone did a military vehicle pull up behind me and came up to me with assault rifles asking what I was doing.
I parked on a public street, across from the entry to the China Lake AFB in Ridgecrest, California. I took some photos of the jet planes exhibited at the base entry, never setting a foot on the base. Two guys in a pickup drove up, got out, and each was loaded down with more tactical equipment I've ever seen on a person. The questioned why I was taking photos. Nice guys, but don't put jets in public if you don't want people taking photos of them.
It’s frankly some of the most beautiful engineering in history. No MacBooks. No Microsoft excel. No iPads or wizards. Just world class engineers, sending warheads to Asia and men to the moon with numbers from their mind.
@@lucanidae100 Really? Homeless 20 somethings from San Jose? Where did you see that? Quite a few of the Woke people, what exactly does that mean? So now the men and women of our military are once homeless Woke people?
I pray that one day our children’s children’s children will live in a world where nukes are a thing of the past and we can come together as ONE race and look beyond this planet explore the vast galaxy we all share.
To think the nuclear deterrent was in the hands of TFG who when asked about the nuclear triad (missiles, bombers and submarines) couldn't even identify the elements of the deterrent was very sobering indeed. It seems like we would hold our commander in chief to a little higher standard.
Biden is sharp as a whistle so sharp he let china run surveillance over these areas right after this video came out. Can't help but know he's bought. These life time politicians are selling tech as well. Clinton's,bidens, Obamas,ect
I have always wondered if the ICBMs have a self-destruct capability in case of mistaken launch controlled by the Pentegon, and if so this would never be disclosed - given the worst case scenario.
I've heard that the Pentagon can arm and disarm the warhead all the way to Moscow as many times as they want. They have about 30 minutes to make a final decision.
Very interesting. I've known a little bit about all that was presented on this show. My dad worked on the Atlas, and later, the minute man missile system. It goes all the way back to 1962. He always said that all those science fiction movies depicting all out war in space all had a little bit of truth tied to it.
Yeah but like they said once the shooting starts up there, there might be too much debris to do anything at all. Almost like a post-nuclear world would be too irradiated to grow crops etc.
Cool. My Dad worked on the development & testing of some smaller nuclear capable missles beginning in the early 1950's at Redstone Arsenal Alabama, where I believe they were the Honest John ,Little John & later the Nike Hercules.
@@Ganttura1 well, honestly, that's the philosophy of "Mutually Assured Destruction" (MAD), that NO NUCLEAR ARMED nation would launch a nuclear weapon, because the instigator of an attack assures THEY would be destroyed as well, in sense, it is an insane act of war.
Enjoyed the clip, very informative. My Dad, during the late 60s for two years, helped pour concrete, and other stuff, on some of these systems. --- It was part of the deal offered to the trade Union that he then belonged to, about 1/2 of the local office volunteered to work there. /// Wow, did not know that 60 Minutes had that much of a following, judging by the comments on my comment. I liked that Ms. Stahl's comment about the USAF's pilots being officially seen as heroes. Like Tom Cruise's Maverick? So the ordinates handlers, the folks that the tiers pumped up, the ones that fuel up the planes are not heroes then? Seem to be remarkably artificial. In a way, and from a certain point of view, the artificial application explains much of the overt behavior of Uncle.
@@daedae1522 “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one”. Who was hurled down to the earth, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.” 1John 5: 19 and Revelation 12: 9-12
Anyone else think that not only should those who are in control of nuclear warheads be able to handle the pressure of having to get a 100% on a test, but in fact also score a 100%?
@@DustDevilRage The act of turning keys is the simple part of launching. It is all the other knowledge needed to maintain and prevent problems that come into play that should require a very high level of competence and brains. It is your exact thinking that has led to companies around the world hiring a bunch of idiots, that can't pass the standard tests required to work in certain industries and because of political agendas being the motivation of the day a lot of those companies have dropped their standards to allow people not willing to go and learn something on their own time to get a better job. This isn't about skin color this is about putting effort into getting the desired position so many want. Now we have quotas based on race, and sex. Not on ability, and drive.
When I first heard about a space force I talked so much sht and I’m not gunna lie, boy do I feel stupid now. 60 minutes never fails to teach. Grew up watching them with my grandparents as a kid. I’m 31 now
This civilization is frikkin' bonkers. I swear Earth is under some kind of planetary quarantine. "Don't go to the asylum planet!" Closely monitored but never approached.
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Nice to see 60 Minutes taking advantage of the Chinese balloon situation
Impeccable timing or an omen?
Yep...
it was filmed in 2014......... Du
Just read we shot it down!! 👍
60 minutes' content team is on point!
No need for flashy aircraft. These heroes below the surface deserve credit. Thank you,
What goes up must come down.
Sometimes in the same place...
The French government eliminated all of their land based Nuclear Deterrent as their Nuclear Powered Carrier Submarines carrying Ballistic Missiles armed with Strategic Thermonuclear Warheads are safer & much more secure...
Amen brother….
Weinstein doesn't think there's anything wrong anywhere and everywhere---our nukes are clearly in a diplorable state, makes me wonder about the kremlin's and there we are poking the bear inside his hibernating caves in the snows of Ukraine....
I'm sure you can see it that way I understand. ...,
However. Have you ever thought about. WHY the US needs these insane destructive weapons to begin with ?
Let me guess. Could I be that the US simply don't trust other countries. And why not .....could it be that the US wants to be in control over the world at all times ? What policies is the US exercising that makes us us sooooo scared. Do we have the courage to look at it this way ?
What about the concepts of doing clean business with other countries. Does world piece means anything ???
Just Asking
It’s been almost 10 years since this report, would be great to follow up not only if the US can defend the satellite but also how good Chinese has gotten since then.
The U.S. is still way ahead of everyone else on nuclear weapons technology sure we don’t have the most nuclear weapons Russia does but it doesn’t matter who has more any use of nuclear weapons there would be no winner
Are you sure the space force was just established during the Trump administration.
@@manmeetworldthe unofficial space force has been around for a long time. They wanted more money so the government gave them a name to make it legit-ish.
theyll knock out our eletric grid, theyre already testing in s china sea, theyll walk in some while after all shelves empty.
@@manmeetworld it was first broadcasted in 2015 @37:09
My grandfather Died in 1964 (nov, 22) Nebraska City. He manned ICBM's as a Captain in the Airforce. He was 32 y/o with 6 children at home. He was a veteran of the conflict in Korea in the Army, and based on the little bit I know, he was a true war hero. He loved this country, but he also tried to save his own life, before the crash that killed him, he knew flying into those bases in small STOL aircraft was highly dangerous and unnecessary. I read for myself a hand typed letter he wrote to his command about alternatives. But he was so patriotic he followed the orders that eventually killed him. I have always wondered why the AFB in Lincoln, NE was closed after only 6 years in operation. My grandmother never remarried, and couldn't talk much about my grandfather, all she ever told us was he was tattooed in Korea, and when he tried to go back into the Airforce he used acid to melt the tattoos off his arms.
Sorry to hear about your grandfather, a true hero.
If I may ask, are tattoos not allowed or is that a metaphor?
@@ALCRAN2010 Back in those days (1960s) you couldn't be an officer with tattoos visible with a t-shirt on. (from what I know) plus the Airforce was fairly new and for someone that technically was in charge of an armed Nuclear ICBM there were fairly high standards. In fairness he was in charge of a team of 6 that did 24 on 24 off shifts in the silos.
The next War will make the Earth an Ice-Planet. Nuclear Winter.
I'm thankful to your grandfather for his service. My grandpa also served in Korea war in the army and my father fought in desert storm so I know how much stress the military can put on the ones that serve and their families. 🙏🏾
Your grandpa sounds like a true hero. Was he in the Army or the Air Force? You mentioned both
Seeing that rural farmland in close proximity to those silos makes those scenes from the “Day After” look way too realistic
31:59
The Day after was way sad. 🔥 🤕 😭😭
And this was 8 years ago, imagine their capabilities today. Thank you to all the men and women who keep us safe watching over the heartland.
Very safe when superpower nations have coordinates right at the capitals and whatnot aimed at all times for "just in case". We can cease to exist anytime. It's impossible to stop all missiles, and if it's nuclear missiles at supersonic speeds, well forget it.
2 months and it’ll be 9 years 😮
we've upgraded from the 8-inch floppy disks to 3.5-inch ones!
@@thestateofalaska bout time... Hey don't feel bad...all of my demos are on mini disc... I worked in radio several years... The first thing they taught us in media school was reel to reel... When I asked my instructor why he just replied. " You don't think this internet will last forever do you, someday it will crash and when it does we are going to need people to know how to reboot the system from scratch... The old school way.
@@thestateofalaska They haven't even done that lol
These guys and submarine crews are the unsung HEROES that America never hears about. But they are the people working to keep us safe in our beds every night.
22:55 fast roping down a nuclear silo like that sounds operator as heck. Super cool footage!
It's crazy how much energy we are putting into fighting each other 🤯
crazyyyy, we could live in multiple planets already, maybe aliends would be found, cancer would be cured for those billions of money
MAD world
(mutually assured destruction)
Yeah and what’s crazy is that we allow a Chinese/ Russian spy ballon just chill right above us flying over monitoring where our army bases are where we have our tanks where we have our weapons and in general how we let them plot there future invasion
it's all about control, it's leaders fighting leaders, group versus group.
TRUTH
I was stationed there for 3 years in the early 2000s as a civil structural engineer. For the enlisted they would set you up on the test and you could take it as many times as you needed to pass. This was going on when I was there. We never passed inspections and nothing ever happened. These missile bases are known as burner based. The troops get burnt out having nothing but there duty. You are in the middle of no where. They have the highest discharge rates in the armed services. Also on the enlisted side you can get stuck at one of these bases as a missiler for 5-10years because it’s hard to fully train a replacement before they get out and don’t re-up. It’s one of the worst long term assignments in the AF.
rat fink! ;)
@@I.call.shenanigans Ha ha, can't happen. Re-
watch this and pay attention 🙂
Dream job if you're bone idle though.
@@markrainford1219 me allover, any vacancies? Book, weed, nice little airforce lass....job's a good un! 😆
@@markrainford1219 dream job for who?
The sound of the clock ticking for *60 Minutes* brings me back to any time I want to imagine, as it’s been consistent all my life 😂
@Shortboy Kennels reminds me that dinner is ready soon while the news plays and dad reads the paper and mom cooks
Mmm and to think I “hated” family dinner time
Thank you to all of our military soldiers we appreciate your service and sacrifice
Amen brother respect to you to sir
The missle fields piece was very interesting, very thourough. Around the 19:00 mark really hit home for me - being active duty Navy for 18 yrs, the disconnect of "Top Brass" and the the ones "in the trenches" is so accurate. I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard things are working perfect and nothing is wrong, compared to what is actually the case - old, falling apart equipment; outdated tech, poor business practices and low morale. It's not ALL doom and gloom, but updating our homeland and abroad defenses (across all branches) should be a top priority. I think the biggest hurdle (apart from retention) is that our military is extremely widespread to the point that the U.S. military blankets every aspect of everything - ground based missles to subs to radar and radio transmitter sites around the globe to every possible ship and plane platform conceived and now even space and the cyber sector; defense is needed of course, but the occupation of every square inch of it can be overwhelming, thus leading to upkeep, upgrade and logistical nightmares that never seem to end. Us vets get the job done with what little time and supplies we have, but that won't keep the U.S. afloat forever. The USS Fitzgerald, USS John McClain and even BHR incidents come to mind - and that was just because of personnel and training.
It's crazy how many stories there are about outdated equipment in the military with the budget the military complex has. What do you think is the reason?
@@yoursourcedaily Cylons.
@@yoursourcedaily most of our Tax money that goes to the military is for housing and feeding personnel
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Thank you for your service. I believe our systems and the training to operate them should be upgraded and modernized where necessary, though I think using the older computer is a good idea since it can't be hacked since it doesn't connect to the internet. It's sad that more urgency about maintenance/update/replacing outdated equipment isn't on the radar of some of the "brass".
My dad was complaining about such things as far back as WWII, according to my mum. The more things change...
I wonder how much have things changed since 2014 when this program was first aired.
According to the Chinese spy balloons nothing changed.
Probably not much
Changed the launch code to something other than all zeros. Maybe that was before 2014, can't remember.
@@threeMetreJim That was during McNamara in the '60's.
They switched to innocent looking hot air balloons.
Thanks for all you do to keep this nation safe! May God and the missiles keep us safe.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Kudos to the Armed Forces. It’s admirable to be in service to the American ideal. Much respect to those maintaining integrity above all. 😎🍷🇺🇸
hehehe
The U.S government is actually using a name of a continent to its citizens and country. We are U.S. citizens. Citizens of the United States. The United States is a country but America its not a country America its a continent. The whole entire continent was already named America 269 years way before the United States of America became a nation or even existed. Everyone on the American continent is an American likewise Asia are Asians, Africa are Africans and Europe are Europeans.🤦....ok I have five questions for you and everyone in here!!! 1: Where or how the United States government got the name America from? 2: What happen first? The United States of America or the American continent? 3: The United States of America is the only country that belongs, found and located on the American continent is it? 4: What government divided the American continent? 5: What government added the North, the Central and the South to the American continent? Huh? 😎.....
Fear is the most powerful weapon
Not when your enemy is on Xanax.
@@OneStepToDeath420 If he has Xanax then he is not my enemy. 🤣
I dunno... I have a pretty powerful love weapon.
I SEE WHY THOSE CHINESE BALLOONS ARE WONDERING 😅
Haha as we put it on RUclips lol
The balloon crossing over the United States is actually heading to Washington DC to give the big guy his 10%.
@@BANDIT2DAY like every other big guy that’s been in office. They all make money of foreign countries
@@BANDIT2DAY like every other big guy that’s been in office. They all make money of foreign countries
@@ashleymstewart1121 Yes, I am well aware of that. His escapades have been more documented though.
Respect to these people
Many people have assumed that the location of the silos and launch centers is hidden. That's not true. They have long been clearly visible in earth observation satellite images, available to the public. Additionally, the exact locations were revealed in a book published in 1988.
Meanwhile, the Chinese ICBMs are on wheels and inside hundred miles of tunnels.
@@georgekraus9357 an approach i’de strongly suggest the US do as well.
@@georgekraus9357 And very difficult to launch. They are a revenge weapon if Russia Federation Attacks them. [They know the US wont initiate a first strike against the Peoples Republic of China]...
@@wastelesslearning1245 Perhaps when you report for duty Monday morning you could phone The Joint Chiefs and show them your research? I'm sure a high ranking military strategist such as yourself has a direct line correct?
@@Isawwhatyoudid sadly not though If they let me, I’d gladly explain how underground tunnels with movable secret missile launchers are far harder to hit targets and there by better for national security then stationary silos with doors rusted open.
I've been viewing "60 Minutes" content for close to five decades. I'm impressed with both these lead reporters and their respective production crews - these two pieces were excellent; the reporting was stellar. Nice to see "60 Minutes" still showing they're tops in the "TV" investigative field that they invented.
Your watching this on RUclips I'd say things are different it shouldn't be a Challenge to do basic news like this considering the government gave and controlled all access to a story like this it goes show how us propaganda controls the masses
It used to be called Journalism...
Look it up...
Thanks to our service men and women for keeping our county safe !
Thank God we still have those. I hope the men and women occupying those silos will defend us at all costs
Great episode. Fascinating stuff from beginning to end.
My father was an executive engineer for Boeing ,Space Division and worked on a the Global Positioning Satellite System as his final project foe Boeing! I learned more about the GOS development from this video than I ever did from my father. Loose lips sink ships!
This is 1960s technology you don't think China and Russia have spy satellites that can zoom enough to read a license plate or have spies in place already?? They 100% do and know all this plus plenty more
their corporate woke -ness devoured them. Stick a fork in it.
It's the NWO WAY FOR SURE
I’m a proud USA citizen born in SF California FEELS GOOD 🦅
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
The Mother Of God
Really amazing to think that just a few hundred years ago we didn’t even have electricity, and now man has created amazing technology.
I love how this video shows up in the midst of all the crazy going on in the world.
It is part of demystifying nukes so they can sell more war to us knowing nukes will be used.
Whenever morale is brought up to a service member, and they smirk or laugh, that means its bad.
Morale*
@@JonnoPlays asvab waiver, sorry.
Thanks for sharing 👍
This should make every us citizen LOVE THIS COUNTRY FOREVER AND I THANK ALL MILITARY BRANCHES FOR SURE!!!
Her face when she was told she launched 50😂😂😂😂
I wonder when she gonna find out Hunters laptop is for real
@@I.call.shenanigans Leslie Stahl! Not in this lifetime, she doesn't want to know.
Never heard of MIRV's...........................🤣
I always knew she wasn't too bright.
@@bdickinson6751 More than a match for Trump, she proved that
I’d like to see other countries record and publish videos like this.
I paid for it they should be reporting directly to me
Who needs balloons, we have the news.
This has to be a propaganda tool. If the government is really letting this out to the world.. baffling
@@samuri4483 Right! Those that control nuclear arms are on drugs!
Bet on it.
God bless America
Very interesting piece.
"TWO! TWO!"
For those who don't know this mindset I pretty well engrained throughout the whole military. With very few exceptions the smallest operation capable unit is two.
I learned it in Army Infantry school, then it was emphasized later in the Airborne. Our phrase was "Two is one, one is none."
I just noticed those locks with the keys in them are easily lockpickable. I do wonder how easy it would be for one rogue officer to launch one of those Minute Men.
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I would think it'd be pretty tough....each person has a code to open their key box, plus I would think some other information has to be entered into the system correctly by each & if one person was successful at getting that far, then the keys also have to be turned at the same but spaced farther apart than one human has the capability to reach.
@@smf2072 Turning keys at the same time should be easily feasible with a rubber band and some duct tape. Like I said the locks are lockpickable even with plastic if they use a metal detector each time you enter the C&C room. But if person 2 knows a code or password person 1 doesn't know it should still be pretty hard to pull off.
@@eustab.anas-mann9510 rubber bands & duct tape huh ??
We'll just start calling you MacGyver !
@@eustab.anas-mann9510 or you can just hack the launch sequence and enter the serial numbers found on the back of the nuclear head. Simple
I absolutely love 60 Minutes, such awesome free content for a more informed mind!
These are fun missiles. Yes 100 percent...
I don't believe they wanted to be exactly that. Please propaganda.
I loved it back in the day when they were a investigating reporting unit and not the military-industrial complex corrupt government spokespersons
'60 minutes' best show ever- A large book that the Trump White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, presented to Lesley Stahl, who interviewed the president for "60 Minutes," was filled with previously issued executive orders and legislation instead of Trump's healthcare plan, the show (and subsequently the Washington Post and NYT) said.
During the interview, Trump became increasingly frustrated by what Stahl had promised would be "tough" questions. Trump cut short the interview and walked out.
Triggered, hypersensitive melting snowflake practicing cancel culture.
As the saying goes "if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen" Pity it took until Jan. 20, 2021.
2023-indictments
2024-trials
2025-sentencing & prison.
@@Mark-gg6iy yeah and they'll give Biden tough questions like what's your favorite color and what did you have for breakfast LOL
My great grandfather designed and managed the crews who built every single missile silo from Colorado to south Dakota...its a pretty damned cool to have a direct tie to one of the most nostalgic thing in america
Much respect to your great grandfather. You can tell from the footage the engineering is best in breed. Built to last forever. I would be suspect if they replaced it with something new. Especially if we’re made in China.
@@williemo44 each base has exceeded its life span and will never be rebuilt.
@shortboykennels3105 me I'm 42 my great grandfather died in 1974 and worked for morrison-knudson the lead designer for all the missile silos from SD to CO
I respect their team work. Without team work it cannot be successful.
These "kids" are the cream of the crop of our military, and it's super cool that 60 Minutes highlighted them, although it would be cool to see where they are 10 years later (now, in 2024 vs when it was first aired in 2014).
The next War will make the Earth an Ice-Planet. Nuclear Winter.
Thank you for sharing this videoclip, "60 Minutes."
It's not cheating on test, it's exercising perfection.
What is worrying is what that guy said "Once they are launched there's no way of stopping them."
In the late 70s there was a blip in the machines and America thought they were under attack, they were minutes away from launching all their missiles but in just a nick of time it was a false reading and didn't proceed to fire, the world could have pretty much ended right there, frightening.
Same thing happened in Russia in the 80s. In both cases a single man prevented a nuclear holocaust by refusing to believe the machines.
We can shoot down enemy missiles so there's no reason we couldn't shoot down our own. It would even be easier since we know their trajectory and launch time precisely. Look up how missile defense works its equally as complex if not more so than everything you saw here. Much harder to hit a moving target then be a moving target 🎯
@@kenosabi yea thank God his radar was only showing a small amount of dots and he had enough common sense to know that if it was an actual attack, there would have been more.
it was russia, not america
She was asking stupid questions
As for the HIGH GROUND of Space, we practiced and learned that nuclear weapons detonated in space wiped out the electronics of satellites but also BLINDED our radars to track our missiles, satellites, and warheads as well as the enemies ! So Nukes In Space were NOT a good option for defense. We learned to HARDEN the electronics for survivability of space environment and warfare but it wasn't enough ! For every move, there is a counter-move,... every defense, a counter defense ! The game is endless and as long as we create enemies, the game shall continue !
These guys need to be the best of the best!!!!! No excuses, no cheating, a 100% is the minimum you need to get, to be on a tremendous responsibility.
Just want to say thank you to all our men and women in the armed forces for protecting us around the clock.....🇺🇲
Love the comment why the um?
My best friend Frank Gallo was in the Air Force. He unfortunately took his life in 1994 while serving at Minot Air Force base. 😔
😢
RIP Frank. Thank you for your service. 😔
sorry to hear that Nicholas , great you are not forgetting your best friend sir...RIP mr. gallo
Appreciate your warm comments. Frank was a good man. Unfortunately, his family never got the answers they wanted. We were never sure he actually took his life. There was supposedly an investigation as to whether or not he was murdered. When he was found, there was a strap around his neck and his hands were not in front of him, they were behind his back. Unfortunately, we will never know what really happened.
I remember when 60 minutes was a legit news program. But I'm over 50.
They've always been Communist Brainwashing System talking heads.
Cool story.
Watch the movie "Threads" it may actually scar you for life but I think in this nuclear age it's information we should all be aware of. It's a tough watch, you may not even be able to finish it. It shows how the many layers of our society will fall apart and government will become a self serving survival institution that locks out the general public from resources. That's not the whole movie its much more than that but that part was the most eye opening to me. There's another movie based in the USA called "The Day After" but it's not as intense as Threads. Again these movies will ruin your day and maybe even your week but it's worth seeing because the fallout of nuclear war is truly unimaginable.
I just watched Threads a few months ago and it gave me so much anxiety. I really hope that there are some effective counter measures against a nuclear strike.
@@aynrandom3004 there's some pretty good videos available about our ability to defend an all out nuclear strike. Unfortunately they won't make you sleep any better at night. The enemy will launch a warhead with like 20 small warheads on board that spread out and some of them are dummies. The idea is to overwhelm out ability to knock them all out and some will inevitably get through. Best bet is to never use them. We live in a scary time in human history.
I’m about to watch it now! I’m scared because my anxiety is enough already.
@@ashleymstewart1121 I watched this in school in 1993 and am still mentally scarred today!
@@aynrandom3004 Best bet is to far remove yourself from strike zones. Move to a non-aligned country in Southern Hemisphere. You'll sleep better. But then there's the aftermath. Which is much worse. Me, I stay put and be vaporized like a boss. Better than living in a hellscape.
thankyou 60 minutes and team, behind the scenes working around the clock, very interesting program
The sad part is that the enemy knows where they're are - or do they??
I admire these warriors protecting us from evil
A story I actually enjoyed and felt like it was truthful. Good job 60 minutes. I haven't said that in a decade or longer.
This was a well done reporting segment by 60 minutes. God let's hope we never have to use these things. Cause if we do, we're all in trouble
Well this video was originally aired in 2014, so that might be why..
Ikr finally
Thank you so so so much for releasing this interesting video on RUclips which is something most people on earth will never and ever learn from school in their entire life. I am from a developing country that sometimes my family had a hard time making ends meet but that such a great privilege I could learn that.
Thank you so much 60 minutes and the whole team.
If you want to see educational videos without the liberal slant check out 60 minutes Australia. Love that show and I'm in the middle of the US
@@WKRP187 Thanks very much for the recommendation.
@@WKRP187 No doubt !
They way she says something like do you think it’s pointless to have such a large company of missile guard like we do because we will probably never use these missles is outrageous to say. They are least used but also most importantat the same time
Great job telling the enemy what we have and don't have.
They already know. The secrecy isnt to keep the enemy in the dark. Its partly to exact a cost on them collecting the data, partly a chance for counter inteligence, and a big part of it is to keep the public in the dark on how their money is being spent.
They already know what we have and were they are at.
Minot has endured frequent high-level dismissals over the past two decades, including the 91st Missile Wing Operations Support Squadron commander in 2021, the 69th Bomb Squadron and 91st Security Forces Group commanders in 2018, the 741st Missile Squadron commander in 2014, the 91st Missile Wing commander in 2009 and the 5th Bomb Group commander in 2007.
Its a great safe guard not to be computerized
I'd like to see an update on the satellite part now that we have Space Force and other technologies like starlink.
Starlink was funded by the DoD. There’s numerous reasons: latency, redundancy, and just plain research. Starlink is particularly vulnerable because the satellites are in a very low earth orbit. They’re easy to hit but there’s the maneuverability the satellites are supposed to have, coupled with the sheer number of Starlink satellites, makes them a different type of target from our regular GPS and geosynchronous satellites. Which were thought to be much harder to hit than satellites in LEO. The Chinese and Russians are building their own versions of the GPS systems, to varying degrees of success.
@@dongately2817 SL SATs are also relatively small, and fast, which I imagine make them harder targets to hit. Makes sense that they were funded at least in part by DoD.
“Yes lady we could whistle to the missile & it will come back “
God Bless our true American hero’s our troops keeping us safe.
60 minutes simply the best. Information at its best its a pity our world had to come to this where we had to invested our lives in these weapons of mass destruction hoping every day that the team doesn't makes a mistake . it sad
Here hoping that we don't have to use our nukes on anyone
@@lightninggaming016 or theM on us 😢
Perfect timing
Don't know why America is showing top secrets to the enemy n the world top secrets is top secrets for a reason God bless America
Very good news coverage of our defense system that is often hidden from the public view. My father enjoyed 60 minutes, I do now as well.
Yeah they're good..they talk about some interesting stuff
It's not what it was a generation ago.
RIP
It's no longer your daddy's 60 minutes
@@frankdayton731 so true. The pre-2000s 60 minutes was the best
It's actually comforting to know that the systems are analog, and they use floppy disc. no way to hack a typewriter right. I would agree that out of the three deployment platforms the land-based missiles seem a little outdated in this day and time. There are probably that many more missiles in space that we know nothing of that are ready to fire as well.; I could see doing away with the titan threes, that way they wouldn't have the problems that the enlisted folks go through to deal with.
All US missiles are today sold fueled Minuteman missiles. The Titans were phased out in the 80s.
I believe that it's really nice that our Ole Country has at least a 10 year, (probably longer), advantage in Space devices of all kinds Over the Chinese. I'm also really Glad that our Space Command is Managed & Led by some REALLY Sharp & Capable General Officers. In this 60 Minutes report, these Officer's expressed a True since of confidence in the Extremely important job that they're responsible for and I APPLAUD Them.
did you not watch the video? lol
space exploration? Yeah. But they’ve got capabilities that apparently keep these people up at night
@@catsNcodehe Chinese eat sewer oil. They don't have much to lose.
@@Shepardofman the problem is that there’s a sh** load of them, like ants.
It's true, but it takes a year for China to build several kinds of different new military equipment while it takes decades to some other countries to do the same,
By 2035, the world expects China will be the first world potency, and a direct confrontation against the United States must happen. I always thought Russia was the competition but is not, if China rises as the new power, Spanish people are dead, how to migrate to China, it won't be easy 😂
The jets together were certainly our bombers heading home or across the drink, unfortunately we are at war. Can't tell which direction they were flying from video.
As for the bird, as a kid in East Texas I used to watch the thunderstorms build and when you were on the West side looking to the storms in the East you would see groups of large birds circling really high up in the updraft on the backside of the storm, and they were massive enough to see from 20 miles. Later in life in Texas I would look for the same birds I saw 40yrs prior but never saw them again.
It would be nice to know whatever they were they are still around?
We have things you can't imagine. This is very important but just enough to keep us feeling safe.
No james you don't,did you watch the video?you have 40 year old nukes which are really damaged,only in hollywood you have cool things in reality it's another story.
"That's why we have a military. I... I'm not NASA." Best succinct answer! Professional soldiers clearly speaking about their profession is a strange, brutal, refreshing thing!
It doesn't cost a small fortune. It costs a HUGE fortune! 73,000,000,000,000 cubic miles!
The expression on the gentleman's face when it's suggested he, or his partner, might go bonkers lets me know we have some very solid personalities down in that room. 'Grateful for that; we use the nukes every day.
60 minutes , such a quality and i would say objective tv programme.
Now we have real Space Cadets!
Space Farce created by Commander Bone Spurs.
Semper Sky
In England, that is a term that means your do lally or as you lot say flakey..
We've had them in the halls of congress for decades.
It would sure be nice if we could see the current state of these same locations at present day. These reports being 8 - 9 years old, makes this almost a period piece. Still, the highest of quality, and many very good questions were asked. I hope you are working on another segment on this topic soon!
Give it a couple weeks and watch it on the Chinese news
I remember Obama signing a $ trillion bill to modernize our nuclear infrastructure. Not sure if this was during or after this.
@@chriswood9836 😂 😂
Yeah, 8 or 9 years ago was Stone Age for these people!
I Salute all!
The complexes are still the exact same way that they have always been nothing has changed and nothing will unless the military phases out underground missile silos and goes for air and sea based ones like the Titan missiles that are currently on submarines hidden in the ocean.
I think this is a biased report that assumes human error and incompetence all over, and does not describe all the training and effort that these men and women go through. My salute (from a far away western country) to all these people that are doing a great job to defend western society.
It's all about white supremacy
@@jacklouie8096 Your’s is a ridiculous statement. Western society has been building itself since ancient Greece and earlier, by men and women from a full array of ethnicities.
I am pretty sure you are a primary beneficiary of all the benefits and advances of western society. Includinng the computer you are writting on,
60 minutes has an excellent reputation for tough but fair reporting. Yet, I agree that these soldiers deserve our utmost respect and admiration for their dedication to the us constitution, our nation and the world. Moreover, I wholeheartedly sympathize with their dilemma of being chosen to work below their capabilities.
@@michaelboano7183 A rotation system would be helpful.
This is what keeps us free
Yeah my school was 96 was an A so at 92-94 usually I had a B average....loosening down to 90 is huge!! But ths way the guy phrased it. As a 90 percent student he's basically a D Student on the 100 percent perfection target. Thats why the airforce is the most intelligent branch of the military. Man I love the airforce, people forget how much they actually do.
I was living in NC back then when the B-52 dropped that bomb. It was all over the news for weeks. How is it that she never knew about it?
That's amazing, I was born in NC but my family wasn't living there back in those times. Everyone knows about it now, at least in my generation which seems more interested in this stuff and to know about it, it's like a trivia topic.
I can confirm they're heavily guarded, I live In ND, my old job had me driving around a lot, I pulled over to take a call and not much after 5 minutes of me being there on the phone did a military vehicle pull up behind me and came up to me with assault rifles asking what I was doing.
So did you know there was a silo nearby or did the soldiers waving guns at you give it away.
@@BlueZirnitrathey gave it away real fast
cool story bro. Nukes are a hoax.
I parked on a public street, across from the entry to the China Lake AFB in Ridgecrest, California. I took some photos of the jet planes exhibited at the base entry, never setting a foot on the base. Two guys in a pickup drove up, got out, and each was loaded down with more tactical equipment I've ever seen on a person. The questioned why I was taking photos. Nice guys, but don't put jets in public if you don't want people taking photos of them.
What if many launch detections happen while the President of the US is sound asleep with his launch codes locked up??? 😴😴😴
The "ancient" equipment doesn't have to be new or modern, it just has to work. I'm sure those missiles will get where they're just fine.
@Retired Buccaneer Lol, especially when it's not connected to an external network.
It was funny how concerned the reporter was about this. "Why can't these be launched via smartphone?" 😂
@@christianzilla I will be bothered if smart phones that can be hacked is enough to launch 50 missiles with nuke war heads.
@@lordm3s447 that was my point.
It’s frankly some of the most beautiful engineering in history.
No MacBooks. No Microsoft excel. No iPads or wizards. Just world class engineers, sending warheads to Asia and men to the moon with numbers from their mind.
Our entire military has moral problems. It comes down to treating each other like humans. Our entire military needs to be revamped !
They are recruiting the homeless from San Jose and quite a few of the Woke people
@@lucanidae100 Really? Homeless 20 somethings from San Jose? Where did you see that? Quite a few of the Woke people, what exactly does that mean? So now the men and women of our military are once homeless Woke people?
The lockpickinglawyer must have enjoyed seeing those 2 locks securing the fate of humanity
😂
he doesn't even need to pick one of them. they showed the damn combo lol
I pray that one day our children’s children’s children will live in a world where nukes are a thing of the past and we can come together as ONE race and look beyond this planet explore the vast galaxy we all share.
To think the nuclear deterrent was in the hands of TFG who when asked about the nuclear triad (missiles, bombers and submarines) couldn't even identify the elements of the deterrent was very sobering indeed. It seems like we would hold our commander in chief to a little higher standard.
Biden is sharp as a whistle so sharp he let china run surveillance over these areas right after this video came out. Can't help but know he's bought. These life time politicians are selling tech as well. Clinton's,bidens, Obamas,ect
Absolutely agree. GOP please for the love of god pick someone else.
TFG? Forgive my ignorance 🙄or inability to interpret the initials.
I keep returning to frumpy Drumf 😏
I have always wondered if the ICBMs have a self-destruct capability in case of mistaken launch controlled by the Pentegon, and if so this would never be disclosed - given the worst case scenario.
They dont once they go off no way to stop them.
I've heard that the Pentagon can arm and disarm the warhead all the way to Moscow as many times as they want. They have about 30 minutes to make a final decision.
@@LoranHarding No Safe Deactivation.
ICBM Live in Silo.
Cannot be shot down due to Fallout and EMP
Right. The GI Joe movie is a myth 🤔
@@LoranHarding The missiles and warheads cannot be disarmed once launched. This is to prevent an enemy from disarming the missiles once launched.
Very interesting. I've known a little bit about all that was presented on this show. My dad worked on the Atlas, and later, the minute man missile system. It goes all the way back to 1962. He always said that all those science fiction movies depicting all out war in space all had a little bit of truth tied to it.
Yeah but like they said once the shooting starts up there, there might be too much debris to do anything at all. Almost like a post-nuclear world would be too irradiated to grow crops etc.
Cool. My Dad worked on the development & testing of some smaller nuclear capable missles beginning in the early 1950's at Redstone Arsenal Alabama, where I believe they were the Honest John ,Little John & later the Nike Hercules.
@@Ganttura1 well, honestly, that's the philosophy of "Mutually Assured Destruction" (MAD), that NO NUCLEAR ARMED nation would launch a nuclear weapon, because the instigator of an attack assures THEY would be destroyed as well, in sense, it is an insane act of war.
Don't talk about how powerful we'll always be, and that is the way we will be ,God Bless America
28:43...Isnt that a Chinese dude in the audience?
You can pick anything apart. I like the fact the rest of the world knows we have them.
They been known since way back when
Yeah, that's how this works...
Its overall better them knowing , if everyones going to have them anyway
You all understand the phrase 'nuclear deterrent', right?
Enjoyed the clip, very informative. My Dad, during the late 60s for two years, helped pour concrete, and other stuff, on some of these systems. --- It was part of the deal offered to the trade Union that he then belonged to, about 1/2 of the local office volunteered to work there. /// Wow, did not know that 60 Minutes had that much of a following, judging by the comments on my comment. I liked that Ms. Stahl's comment about the USAF's pilots being officially seen as heroes. Like Tom Cruise's Maverick? So the ordinates handlers, the folks that the tiers pumped up, the ones that fuel up the planes are not heroes then? Seem to be remarkably artificial. In a way, and from a certain point of view, the artificial application explains much of the overt behavior of Uncle.
Please, learn how to spell poor(pour). You are obviously a kid that graduated high school that shouldn't have. (Very scary).
Pour*
@@robertjamesonmusic petty*
wow
What Missile sites did you help make?
We are more of a danger to ourselves than anyone else can be.
Thanks for showing your brain, and it has been successfully washed
@@precisionbay6899 Well he’s not wrong . All we do in America is fight against democrat vs Republican , women vs men black vs white etc .
WE DESTROYED OURSELVES DOING THE DEMONIC WORK THROUGH USA
@@daedae1522 “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one”. Who was hurled down to the earth, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.”
1John 5: 19 and Revelation 12: 9-12
@daedae1522 watch more 60 minutes
WE'RE 60 MINUTES, LETS TELL OUR ENEMIES EVERYTHING."
Anyone else think that not only should those who are in control of nuclear warheads be able to handle the pressure of having to get a 100% on a test, but in fact also score a 100%?
If they can’t score a 90% they shouldn’t have control
Of damn nukes I agree with u
Yeah, this isn't some college credit course lmfao.
I mean, unlock your lock and I’ll unlock mine.
Ok cool.
Insert your key and I’ll insert mine.
Ok cool.
Turn on 3, 2, 1 -
Turn
💯
We tested ourselves and found ourselves not guilty...I mean we scored 100
@@DustDevilRage The act of turning keys is the simple part of launching. It is all the other knowledge needed to maintain and prevent problems that come into play that should require a very high level of competence and brains. It is your exact thinking that has led to companies around the world hiring a bunch of idiots, that can't pass the standard tests required to work in certain industries and because of political agendas being the motivation of the day a lot of those companies have dropped their standards to allow people not willing to go and learn something on their own time to get a better job. This isn't about skin color this is about putting effort into getting the desired position so many want. Now we have quotas based on race, and sex. Not on ability, and drive.
When I first heard about a space force I talked so much sht and I’m not gunna lie, boy do I feel stupid now. 60 minutes never fails to teach. Grew up watching them with my grandparents as a kid. I’m 31 now
I agree entirely
17.47 .., a clone of a 69 year old Jeff Bezos..??
Got to Love a news organization that just gives everyone enough details to let people know what they need to know to possibly do damage.
Wouldn't it be nice if the whole world could go back to fighting with rocks and sticks?
So sad humans need all these weapons to be “safe.” Humanity is insane.
This civilization is frikkin' bonkers. I swear Earth is under some kind of planetary quarantine. "Don't go to the asylum planet!"
Closely monitored but never approached.
This is a well-done report by a veteran reporter.
😂😂😂😂
Many times when I think of satellites, I think of the movie "Goldeneye."
I think of EMPs. Great movie.
Soooo smart to put stuff like this on media, ty for delivering locations to the enemy crossing our borders and others watching.
I'm old enough to have used those old floppy disks. Military tech from that era is practically bullet proof. It's reliability is time tested.
old computers are also very safe from cyber attacks and are workstation grade ie keep it clean and cool and it will run for years.
Then you know the word degradation.
Yes, but the problem is when they start breaking down. No one makes them anymore and expertise goes away.
They used less capable computers. To get to the moon and back.
Did you watch the show?