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Rocket Protectors. Notice the APC shadowing the Soyuz in the Soyuz MS-13 rollout photo? KSC has its own SWAT. Even during Shuttle rollovers, they'd be accompanied by armed personnel and then air support over the pad's airspace.pic.twitter.com/ansUAz0hYg

4:25 AM - 18 Jul 2019

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1. fs10inator‏ @fs10inator 18 Jul 2019
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  Even Rokot needed some safeguardinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XbUcWmOII …
  
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1. Prez‏ @ljLeprechaun 18 Jul 2019
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  “NASA asked a SEAL..., to attempt to get past their security at Cape Canaveral, NASAs most secure facility. The SEALs were successful, but one of them broke the rules of engagement thus embarrassing NASA (even further), and they were not asked back to play again.”
  
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1. Peter Lee‏ @Anomander2112 18 Jul 2019
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  We have similar around the tea and biscuit trolley at work...
  
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1. Luis‏ @luismen1991 18 Jul 2019
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  When you’re dealing with billions of dollars worth of equipment you kind of have to protect it.
  
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1. Andy Foster‏ @andyfoster405 18 Jul 2019
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  #ulasnipers
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1. Daniel (the tropical storm) ‏ @DanFromOrlando 18 Jul 2019
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  FANG only flew missions during launches, not rollovers*
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1. TC Green‏ @tc_green 18 Jul 2019
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  Was this true Pre-9/11 or added after?
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1. Philip Metschan‏ @pmetschan 18 Jul 2019
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  If memory serves it was one these crews that got to accidentally witness the closest ever launch of a shuttle?
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