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Title: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Oldfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:01:40 PM
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2189 (http://englishrussia.com/?p=2189)         Here are a few preview pics...
 

  (http://englishrussia.com/images/abandoned_rocket_site/1_008.jpg)        (http://englishrussia.com/images/abandoned_rocket_site/1_006.jpg)


(http://englishrussia.com/images/abandoned_rocket_site/1_016.jpg)       (http://englishrussia.com/images/abandoned_rocket_site/1_028.jpg)      (http://englishrussia.com/images/abandoned_rocket_site/1_044.jpg)


(http://englishrussia.com/images/abandoned_rocket_site/1_036.jpg)       (http://cientifica.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/borat-flag-770131.jpg)
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:03:27 PM
This isn't political...

is it?   [roll]
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: That Nice Guy Beck! on December 27, 2008, 06:05:07 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:03:27 PM
This isn't political...

is it?   [roll]
nah yo ali g aint a politician
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Oldfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:06:48 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:03:27 PM
This isn't political...

is it?   [roll]


I wouldn't dare. It's just pics of an abandoned missile silo.
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Buckethead on December 27, 2008, 06:07:37 PM
Meh. We have those in the Midwest.  [coffee]
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: KopfjÀger on December 27, 2008, 06:07:45 PM
I don't get it, big Dan?!
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on December 27, 2008, 06:13:29 PM
That's about how where I'm going looks!
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:19:18 PM
Quote from: alfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:06:48 PM

I wouldn't dare. It's just pics of an abandoned missile silo.
...and the aim of the thread?...

forget the missiles.
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: lethe on December 27, 2008, 06:22:29 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:19:18 PM
...and the aim of the thread?...

forget the missiles.
My take on it is that would just be an awesome place to go exploring. No politics needed.
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:23:40 PM
Quote from: lethe on December 27, 2008, 06:22:29 PM
My take on it is that would just be an awesome place to go exploring. No politics needed.
Just asking...

You know me...

not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: lethe on December 27, 2008, 06:25:13 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:23:40 PM
Just asking...

You know me...

not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Aren't you more of an old rolling pin that gives the cook splinters?
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:25:55 PM
Quote from: lethe on December 27, 2008, 06:25:13 PM
Aren't you more of an old rolling pin that gives the cook splinters?
...any pain I can inflict works for me.
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Oldfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:27:14 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:19:18 PM
...and the aim of the thread?...

forget the missiles.


I guess the aim was to share some of what I thought were cool pics of an abandoned site. I wasn't implying anything further than that. Does it seem like I am?   ???
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Oldfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:28:52 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:23:40 PM
Just asking...

You know me...

not the sharpest knife in the drawer.


Sounds like we're cool.   ;)
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Buckethead on December 27, 2008, 06:30:03 PM
Why not get your own, right here in the states?

http://www.silohome.com/ (http://www.silohome.com/)
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: ducpainter on December 27, 2008, 06:34:27 PM
Quote from: alfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:28:52 PM

Sounds like we're cool.   ;)
Yup...
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Oldfisti on December 27, 2008, 06:37:56 PM
Quote from: Obsessed? on December 27, 2008, 06:30:03 PM
Why not get your own, right here in the states?

http://www.silohome.com/ (http://www.silohome.com/)


I saw that on HGTV yesterday morning!  It's about an hour and twenty min. from me. I'd be living there now if I had that kind of scratch...    ;D
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: IZ on December 27, 2008, 06:48:14 PM
This place is much better and..safer..I'm sure!

http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/ (http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/)

half hour from my dad's house in Tucson.  Worth a visit on the way to Nogales.
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: superjohn on December 27, 2008, 08:06:30 PM
Quote from: Obsessed? on December 27, 2008, 06:30:03 PM
Why not get your own, right here in the states?

http://www.silohome.com/ (http://www.silohome.com/)

I was about to ask if they were selling time shares in that one as well  [laugh]
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Rameses on December 28, 2008, 07:01:57 AM

I've always found that kind of thing extremely intriguing.  Thanks for posting it.   [thumbsup]



Now where's Krolik?  We need to know what all that shit on the walls says.   ;D
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: mitt on December 28, 2008, 07:29:43 AM
Quote from: Obsessed? on December 27, 2008, 06:30:03 PM
Why not get your own, right here in the states?

http://www.silohome.com/ (http://www.silohome.com/)

that is awesome

mitt
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: mitt on December 28, 2008, 07:37:38 AM
Quote from: IZ on December 27, 2008, 06:48:14 PM
This place is much better and..safer..I'm sure!

http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/ (http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/)

half hour from my dad's house in Tucson.  Worth a visit on the way to Nogales.

That would be fun to visit.

mitt
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: mitt on December 28, 2008, 07:49:19 AM
For those of us in the midwest, there is the minute man site in SD:

http://www.nps.gov/mimi/ (http://www.nps.gov/mimi/)



mitt
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: Oldfisti on December 28, 2008, 07:52:52 AM
Quote from: mitt on December 28, 2008, 07:49:19 AM
For those of us in the midwest, there is the minute man site in SD:

http://www.nps.gov/mimi/ (http://www.nps.gov/mimi/)



mitt


Neat!  BTW this pic is priceless...          (http://www.nps.gov/mimi/images/Ranger_at_Blast_Door.jpg)                 [laugh] [clap]
Title: Re: Abandoned Missile Launch Site in the desert of Kazakhstan
Post by: mitt on December 28, 2008, 07:58:52 AM
Quote from: alfisti on December 28, 2008, 07:52:52 AM

Neat!  BTW this pic is priceless...          (http://www.nps.gov/mimi/images/Ranger_at_Blast_Door.jpg)                 [laugh] [clap]

I had missed that  [laugh]

(http://www.nps.gov/mwr/pgallerycontent/p/l/20070716141820.jpg)

mitt