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Captured with a DSLR and a Zeiss 21mm Distagon lens. Handheld (there was no room to set up a tripod). In 2009, I was fortunate to join a "top to bottom" tour of former Air Force Titan ICBM site 571-7,
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More ICBM photos and discussion here: https://www.mattblaze.org/blog/titans/
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One of the themes of my work is "quietly heroic infrastructure". ICBMs are pretty much the opposite of that. Perhaps the worst infrastructure we ever built.
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:seas: A very applied mathematician. Professor of Applied # Mathematics & Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences @ # University of Liverpool. # Academic :SpaceshipEarth: # Trustee @ University of Liverpool # Maths # School . :play: Father of Daughters # Family , Keeper of Fish # AmateurAquarist , Tinkerer with # Linux & Amateur # Sysadmin . :odyssey: Views are my own &c. :imagination: Header image: https:// unsplash.com/@brucebmax
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Nov 13, 2025
@mattblaze@federate.social I take your point but, given that an ICBM has never* been used in combat, I would argue that they classify as “quietly heroic infrastructure”. Regardless, your shots are impressive, both technically and aesthetically.
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* The jury is still out regarding the Dnipro strike.
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