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Jun 23, 2020 · The Titan II missiles were located near three air force bases around the country: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas and Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas. The missile sites in Arkansas fanned out from the base into Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren and White counties.
Mar 15, 2024 · Eighteen were in Arkansas, from which ICBMs carrying nine-megaton nuclear warheads could be launched to strike targets as far as 5,500 miles away. The sites of four Titan II Launch Complexes—373-5 near Center Hill in White County , 374-5 near Springhill in Faulkner County , 374-7 near Southside in Van Buren County , and 373-9 near Vilonia ...
18 February 2000. The Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-5 Site is a historic military installation in rural Faulkner County, Arkansas. It is located roughly midway between Greenbrier and Conway, on the east side of United States Route 65 about 0.4 miles (0.64 km) north of its junction with East Cadron Ridge Road.
The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas when a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II ICBM loaded with a 9-megaton W-53 nuclear warhead experienced a liquid fuel explosion inside its silo.
Sep 21, 2015 · Rachel Silva, who organized the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program’s history walk Sept. 12, shows a photo of a typical missile control room during a tour on the site of the 1980 missile ...
Sep 18, 2020 · The explosion blew the silo blast doors off and sent chunks of debris flying everywhere, including the nine-megaton nuclear warhead that sat atop the missile.
Jan 16, 2021 · Titan Ranch, located at 23 Missile Base Road in Vilonia, Arkansas, offers renters the chance to spend a night underground in a converted intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) facility. The facility was one of 18 underground Titan II missile silos in Arkansas that helped form the backbone of the United States' nuclear arsenal from the 1960s ...
