It Was A Cold And Extremely Windy Day With Gusts Up To 50 Miles Per Hour. There Was Talk About Scrubbing The Shot, And The Countdown Was Interrupted Several Times To Check The Winds. The T-Minus 15 Seconds Countdown Was Again Resumed And Went All The Way. At Zero, Fire Shot Out Of The Ground And After What Seemed Like Many, Many Seconds, The Titan Rose Slowly Out Of Its Silo. It Was A Beautiful Shot And Successful. We Left Vandenberg Feeling Just A Little More Secure Against An Enemy Attack.