Sahuarita, AZ, 85614
520-625-7736
URL : http://www.pimaair.org/TitanMM/titanhome.shtml
overview : The Titan II is a second-generation liquid fueled ballistic missile and the largest Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) ever developed by the United States. - In 1981 all Titan IIs began to be phased-out .. which was accomplished by mid 1987. - The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan II site that remains intact. - The other 53 sites were destroyed after salvaging useable equipment. The nuclear warheads were dismantled and destroyed and the missiles were retrofitted and are still being used to launch weather and communications satellites. - On May 8, 1986, the Air Force turned this site over to be used as a museum and it has served the public in that capacity ever since.
collections : After watching a video about the history of the Titan and its deadly nuclear delivery capability, you're taken deep in to the 'hardened' command center. - Here, essential equipment-indeed the center itself-is mounted on springs to withstand anything but a direct hit. - Then you pass through a couple of 6,000 pound blast doors and walk along a space-age corridor to the silo itself. - The 110 foot tall missile weighed 170 tons when it was fueled and ready to fly. - It's empty and harmless now, but it still looks deadly, crouched on its launch pad.
topics : cold, war, soviet, 20th, century, American, military, aviation, rockets, weapons, mass, destruction, atomic, nuclear, bombs, warhead, history
