Thor missile photos 1963.
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Just for info the Thor Cabin is now safely at it's new home at the Carpetbagger Museum 
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Thor missile photos 1963.
Really enjoyed reading this thread. I was approx 2 1/2 months old on the weekend of 27 Oct 1962. Living in the RAF Officers Caravan site No5 at RAF Gaydon. Rather glad the "Penguin"s didn't fly as my Dad would have been heading for somewhere cold on the other side of the Baltic to introduce them to the concept of Global Warming or "instant sunshine" on a one way trip, while the rest of us headed for my Granddad's old drift mine in South Wales.
Fascinating thread.
Having driven many times between Grand Isle, Vermont and Montreal I'd often been intrigued by "Missile base road" just north of the town of Arlberg and just south of the Canadian border.
Turns out, it was just that - the site of an ICBM silo, which in the sixties was the closest such installation to the "the enemy"
I believe the missiles in those silos were Thors.
The particular silo was only operational for a short period, but a local chap recounted how the missile was brought up to launch status during the Cuban missile crisis.
I also believe, the silo is flooded and the concrete doors(12 tons?) are permanently propped open as part of an arms limitation agreement so they can be monitored by satellites.
Having driven many times between Grand Isle, Vermont and Montreal I'd often been intrigued by "Missile base road" just north of the town of Arlberg and just south of the Canadian border.
Turns out, it was just that - the site of an ICBM silo, which in the sixties was the closest such installation to the "the enemy"
I believe the missiles in those silos were Thors.
The particular silo was only operational for a short period, but a local chap recounted how the missile was brought up to launch status during the Cuban missile crisis.
I also believe, the silo is flooded and the concrete doors(12 tons?) are permanently propped open as part of an arms limitation agreement so they can be monitored by satellites.
I don't think Thor would have the range needed from Vermont - possibly (given the time period) it was an Atlas missile site?
I'm sorry to mislead: you are correct. I found a website which identifies the missiles as Atlas F.
Fascinating stories surrounding them, but alas not "the god of thunder"
My apologies.
Fascinating stories surrounding them, but alas not "the god of thunder"
My apologies.
No problem, BSD - all adds to our knowledge. My knowledge of Thor amounted to an air cadet night exercise around the old Hemswell site in the UK 
