Yes, You Can Pass a Nuclear Missile Driving on Interstate 80 Through Wyoming

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He realized those were the active missile silos for the Minuteman III nuclear missiles. Semitrailer driver Roberto Figueroa passed this military convoy carrying ballistic missile components on Interstate 80 near Burns, Wyoming, one day. (Roberto Figueroa photo)Payload Transporter The vehicle Figueroa passed near Burns was a Payload Transporter III, a $1 million semitrailer built specifically for the U.S. That’s why Fagan was so confident that the PT III Figueroa saw wasn’t transporting a nuclear payload.

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