This upgraded missile called Titan II was a substantial improvement over the Titan I. The Titan II delivered 430,000 pounds of thrust at launch compared to the the Titan I’s 300,000 pounds of ...

While there, learn about a former missile launch facility and the Minuteman ... another deactivated missile site in Arizona at the Titan II Missile Museum. Top Things to do at the Minuteman ...

Confidence surged last week through the U.S. missile program, which suddenly had a new hero: the Titan II, a radically new missile that moves the U.S. a giant step forward in space and nuclear ...

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 ...

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 ...

The museum houses the only preserved Titan II missile silo in the world. The 103-foot intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) inside once stood ready to launch with just 58 seconds notice ...

Crews clean up the Titan II missile silo in Damascus following a 1980 explosion. This story, published in the January 1981 issue, serves as a reminder of the perils of the nuclear age. John Stacks ...

A deactivated Titan II nuclear ICMB is seen in a silo at the ... strong and credible extended deterrence." What Minuteman missile launch failure means for US nuclear deterrence Nuclear bomb ...