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18 hours ago · "The Titan II was the largest and most powerful American nuclear missile ever built. It would be launched out of an underground silo, travel over 6,000 miles at 15,000 mph, and deliver a 9-megaton nuclear bomb to its target 30 minutes later." – Titan Missile Museum. The Titan II Missile Program
18 hours ago · Read about the remains of Cold War-era missile silos throughout the Northern Adirondacks. Pictured here: Some of the many volunteers who have been restoring two Cold War era, nuclear-capable bombers on display at the Clyde Lewis Air Park along Route 9 in Plattsburgh near the former Air Force Base. Behind them is the Pride of the Adirondacks, a ...
6 hours ago · The Missile Defense Agency announced that Lockheed-Martin (in partnership with Rocketdyne/L3Harris) had been chosen over competitor Northrop-Grumman to lead the $17.7 billion program to build a ...
3 days ago · The Wamego LSD Missile Silo is a Cold War-era artifact—once home to the Atlas E-type ballistic missile, which was active from 1961 to 1965 at the former Forbes Air Force Base in nearby Topeka ...
4 days ago · While the name might not be very catchy, this nuclear silo near Dear Trail, Colorado is significant in that it held the first multi-stage ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) for the US military.
Here we are looking at the nuclear warhead (very top). It sits atop a guidance computer, then comes the missile itself. This is part of Launch Facility Delta-1 a part of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota. What’s sobering is the fact that this warhead was 80 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Japan in 1945.
