Ua wehe ʻia kahi kikowaena nuklea mua i pani ʻia i ka wā e hoʻomaka ana ke Kaua Cold i ka Pōʻakahi i ka lehulehu e ʻike i ke ʻano o ke ola ma ka pūnaewele huna mua.

ʻO ka pūnaewele ʻo Ronald Reagan Minuteman, i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā māla palaoa a me ka soya ma ka hikina ʻo North Dakota, ʻano like me ia i ka makahiki 1997 i kona wā e ʻeleu ana.

ʻO ka hale noho mua, kahi hale e kū ana ma kahi o 60ft ma luna o ke kikowaena hoʻokele nuklea ma lalo o ka honua, aia nō nā lako kīhini, nā kīwī, ka papaʻaina a me nā makasina i hana ʻia i ka wā i pani ʻia ai ka pūnaewele.

'Oiaʻiʻo ka manawa capsule. Ua hoʻolako ʻia i nā ala e hiki ai i ka hapa nui o nā pūnaewele ke moeʻuhane wale nō, "wahi a Kāpena Air Force i hoʻomaha ʻia ʻo Mark Sundlov, he luna missile mua e hoʻokele nei i ka pūnaewele.

Aia i loko o ka lumi noho ʻehiku lumi moe, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi e hoʻohana ai ʻo Sundlov ma ke ʻano he keʻena, kahi kīʻaha kalepa a me kahi lumi ʻaina, kahi lumi kaumaha me kahi kaʻa paʻa paʻa, a me kahi lumi pāʻani.

Hiki i nā malihini ke hele ma lalo o ka honua a nānā i kahi i noho ai nā luna Air Force e kali i kahi kaua nuklea. ʻO kā lākou hana ka nānā ʻana i nā missiles nuclear 10 Minuteman III kokoke - a e hoʻomaka iā lākou inā kauoha ʻia.

He 30 paha mau malihini kipa i ka Pōʻakahi ma kahi hoʻokiʻekiʻe ukana i ʻelua lumi ana e like me nā alahao kaʻaahi, kahi i honi ʻia ai ka ea o lalo i ka wahie diesel a me nā ʻāpana o ka papahele i paʻa me ka wai hydraulic.

Hoʻokahi lumi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea hoʻoheheʻe diesel a me nā ea ea e hoʻomaʻalili i nā mea hana. ʻO kekahi no nā luna ʻelua i hana i nā hoʻololi 24-hola.

Hōʻike nā lālani kukui ma kahi console i ke kūlana o kēlā me kēia missile. ʻO kekahi i kapa ʻia ʻo 'missile away' e hōʻike ana i kahi hoʻomaka.

Moe maʻamau kekahi luna ma kahi moena haiki a ʻo ka lua e hana ana. Akā ʻo nā luna ʻelua, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i kahi hale ʻokoʻa, pono e hāʻawi i ke kauoha no kekahi hoʻolaha, wahi a Sundlov.

'Makemake mākou e hoʻopau i kēlā manaʻo e hiki i kahi kanaka i loaʻa ka lā maikaʻi ʻole ke kaomi i ke pihi,' wahi āna. 'ʻO ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka ʻōnaehana, manaʻo wau e hele lākou me ka ʻoi aku ka palekana.'

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lari Helgren, 58, he loea mālama kaiapuni ʻo Air Force, ʻo kāna kipa ʻana i hoʻihoʻi mai i nā hoʻomanaʻo mai kona wā i hana ai ma laila ma nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele ea o ke kikowaena, nā mea hana diesel a me nā kukui ʻōlelo.

'Ua hiamoe au ma kēia pūnaewele a ua ʻai au ma kēia pūnaewele, a ua hana au ma kēia pūnaewele i nā manawa he nui," wahi a Helgren.

'Ua ʻike wau i nā pilikia a pau e hiki mai ana ma ʻaneʻi,' wahi āna.

ʻO ke kahua missile, ma kahi o ʻekolu mau mile ma ka ʻākau o Cooperstown a ma kahi o 70 mau mile ma ke komohana ʻākau o Fargo, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi o US e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ke Kaua anuanu.

Hoʻohana ka National Park Service i kahi kikowaena hoʻolaha Minuteman II mua a me ka missile silo ma South Dakota. Ma Arizona, hana nā mea mālama mōʻaukala i kahi kahua missile nuklea Titan kahiko.