Look what my carrier fighters uncovered in Arizona

[ERTO]

Looks like it's Luke AFB Auxillary #4:

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/AZ/Airfields_AZ_Phoenix_NW.htm

[A. Smith]

for those not finding it (like me a few moments ago), its the last images on that link.

[UsF]

they're air strips, if the descriptions i've read are correct. Emergency air strips.

So ze nukes need an airstrip to start? Would explain the triangle in Defcon o,o 3 Airstrips for rapid launching of nukes.

[RabidZombie]

Surely square silos are more effective then?

Quick! To the labs!

[Lieutenant Slappy Moose]

AGH IM GOIN' ALL OUT AGAINST NORTH AMERICA AAAAAAAAARGH!

[Red Dawn]

Is that an automotive test track facility down there too?

[wwarnick]

Surely square silos are more effective then?

Quick! To the labs!

No. They must take off northeast or northwest in order to effectively achieve the arc. The strips must be like so: /\. The bottom line is there to trick civilians into thinking it's just a harmless triangle.

[HermanKahn]

So that's what I saw from Kitt Peak when I was down there...