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Buyer beware: lots of ICBM fuel is toxic. Due to poor containment practices, many former missile sites are now borderline superfund sites due to fuel that's lea
by cushychicken 5y ago
Buyer beware: lots of ICBM fuel is toxic. Due to poor containment practices, many former missile sites are now borderline superfund sites due to fuel that's leaked into the ground.
- philipkglass 5y agoThe Sprint missile was solid fueled. It couldn't leak fuel.
- cushychicken 5y agoAh, OK. I'm thinking of Titan, which was liquid fueled by some truly nasty chemicals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-25C_Titan_II#Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-25C_Titan_II#Development
- baybal2 5y agoHydrazine would've long decomposed since upon air exposure
- nitrogen 5y agoDepending on how much soaked into concrete and other materials, couldn't there still be outgassing?
- cushychicken 5y agoYeah IDK what the prior comment is talking about. Plenty of Titan sites are borderline superfund sites due to poor fuel containment. (Source: Titan Missile Museum in Tucson, AZ.) Hydrazine was just one of many nasty chemicals they had to store on site at Titan sites.
- pinewurst 5y agoTitle is wrong - Sprint was a solid fueled ABM that was activated for only a few months (at most) before decommissioning.
- FabHK 5y agoAnti-ballistic missile, in case you didn't know (like me). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile
- dylan604 5y agoI guess it's a good thing this wasn't an ICBM then, eh?