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To: Amy J who wrote (143668)	9/18/2001 9:29:33 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Is the Titan a nuclear missile? No, it's liquid fuel.... EP

To: Amy J who wrote (143668)	9/18/2001 10:00:15 AM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 186894

Amy, ignore Elmer. The Titan is an ICBM, they all have nuclear warheads. It was our biggest missile, from before the time of MIRVs. The Titan is retired, I think, liquid fueled rockets are problematic, and the Titan had a few incidents.

To: Amy J who wrote (143668)	9/18/2001 11:25:49 AM
From: greg s	Respond to of 186894

Hi Amy, I see there was some confusion on Titan II missile systems. My bad, I guess I should have been clearer. The Titan II system was installed in the '62-'63 timeframe as a follow on to the Atlas system. Both of these were liquid-fueled and, as another poster mentioned, were problematic compared to the more modern Minuteman systems which use solid fuel. The Minuteman is also much smaller, with a smaller payload (which works because of it's higher accuracy). All Titan II's have been decommissioned. re: What's the way out? What's the solution? I honestly don't know, and I'm not being glib here. We have never faced a threat like this before. The conflict is one without nationalities, without boundaries, without timeframes. I'm an "old hippie" now, but spent my younger years studying military tactics and strategy in college and serving in the Strategic Air Command. This war is not in the books. The new chapters will be written as we move forward. I DO know that, in the end, the entire world must be convinced that terrorism is a lose-lose way to settle differences. The end game is clear to me. The means to achieve this goal are less clear. I am convinced that, as citizens of the United States, we must stand together to confront this menace. Events such as occurred in the Phoenix area (and elsewhere) bother me greatly. A Sikh was murdered because of his physical characteristics and his headwear. Arab-American groups have been threatened (an aside ... shouldn't we be American-Arabs, American-Germans, American-Irish, American-Italians, etc? We are all Americans first!) Everyone is saying "What can I do?" Well, giving blood and monetary contributions to help the recovery is a start. Even more important is for all Americans to practice tolerance and support of fellow Americans, regardless of ethnic background. These terrorists want to instill fear, to divide and conquer. We must not play into their hand. This is what the civilian population can do. I have great faith in our government being able to wage the war on terrorism. It won't be pretty. It won't be a "war for television". It won't be over quickly. We won't know every step being taken, as security will be paramount and tight. I just hope that we hold on to our hard won freedoms and way of life in the process. To forfeit freedoms of ANY American is to do the work of the terrorists. Kind regards, greg