Beneath the Plains: The Minuteman Missile on Alert
DocumentaryShort
The story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) have been deployed in hardened silos in the northern United States, on the Great Plains near the Canadian border.
- Runtime
- 31m
- Released
- 2020
Details
Release year: 2020
Storyline
The story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) have been deployed in hardened silos in the northern United States, on the Great Plains near the Canadian border.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
See all 26 credits →- Steve Ket — Narrator
- Linda Aldrich — Self - Missile Combat Crew & Squadron Commander, 1982-1998
- Don Alston — Self - 20th Air Force ICBM Fleet Commander, 2010-2012
- Bruce Blair — Self - Missile Combat Crew Commander, 1972-1974