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Just south of Tucson, the Titan Missile Museum offers a rare glimpse into Cold War history — and the chilling reality of nuclear deterrence.
LONDONDERRY — What was it like to serve on a launch crew at a Titan II missile site during the height of the Cold War? As a young U.S. Air Force officer in the 1960s, Carl Stidsen commanded a ...
Visitors to South Dakota can learn about a former missile launch facility and the Minuteman ... deactivated missile site in ...
Once the Gemini's hatches were closed and locked just before launch, the busy throng that ... At the time it was chosen for Gemini duty, the Titan II was the most powerful rocket in America's ...
But one silo and its defanged missile near what would become a retirement community in southern Arizona called Green Valley, were preserved as a museum, a monument to the cold war. The Titan ...
A chilling nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September, 1980. A worker accidentally drops a socket, puncturing the fuel tank of an intercontinental ballistic missile ...
This submarine-launched ballistic missile was first introduced in 1967, the same year as the K-219's launch ... was similar to the land-based Titan and Titan II missiles the U.S. had in its ...
What is it like to film inside the last remaining Titan II missile silo in the United States? Filmmaker Robert Kenner takes us behind the scenes and tells us how he was able to depict a deadly ...
Longtime followers of [Ken Shirriff’s] work are accustomed to say asking “Where does he get such wonderful toys?”. This time around he’s laid bare the guidance computer from a Titan missile.