Re: Interceptor launch craters?

Posted by Thian Raven on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Real-life-SHADO-tp1510796p1510831.html

Actually from the view of a military person NO! Placing the silos or missile stores next to the surface base would be suicidal. Weapons stores are kept well away. the launch silos I think are easly explained. the surface baseis a small part of whats actually there. the chutes drop to a hughspeed shuttle car that takes the pilots to their ships a short distance away from the base. That way if a silo is hit it doesnt decompress everything else. The weapons would be a few miles away since they would do less damage as the moon is airless so a smaller blast wave if they go off. there is still the decompression factor however. As to building the base and such. I did that a long time ago to house my interceptor models. Came out pretty well. And Ithink I still have the designs here someplace.

 
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----- Original Message ----
From: naughtyhector <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:37:58 AM
Subject: [SHADO] Re: Interceptor launch craters?


Just another thought - if you were designing a military base where
would you put the missile storage? Not right next to the mainbase me
thinks....




--- In [hidden email], "Christian J." <memorymetropolis@...>
wrote:

>
> Marc wrote:
>
> > Yes, I've never seen anything in
> > the series (or in publicity or behind
> > the scenes photos) that would indicate
> > where exactly those craters are
> > with respect to Moonbase...
>
> Hi Marc and all,
>
> That's a real problem. Thinking of it:
>
> The pilots are stationed on Moonbase (in the leisure sphere) and
> access the interceptors via chutes. That indicates that the silos
> should be next to Moonbase (otherwise the chutes have to be *very*
> long which doesn't make sense). As Teresa mentioned, in THE CAT
WITH
> TEN LIVES you can see the interceptors through a window in the
> background.
>
> In EXPOSED Straker demands that the pilots should be space born
> within two minutes of a red alert which is not much time (alert –
> put on the helmets – chute – fasten seatbelts – elevating to
ground
> level – lift off). Another evidence that the silos must be next to
> Moonbase.
>
> On the other hand in MINDBENDER the interceptors are already on
> ground level when the approaching UFO is sighted and rush towards
it
> for some time (about a minute) before the alien craft destructs
> itself next to Moonbase – and Straker is told that the
> interceptors "didn't get near it". Therefore the silos must be far
> away from Moonbase.
>
> It remains a mystery…
>
> Christian
>




 
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