missile silo (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1958 for silo in the missile sense.

Baton Rouge LA _Advocate_ 26 Nov 1957 p 3C col 1

"The Air Force will spend $300 million for construction of a intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) launching silo about 100 miles northwest of here, the Anchorage Times reported."

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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