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The facilities represent the only remaining intact components of a nuclear missile field that once consisted of 150 Minuteman II missiles, 15 launch-control centers, and covered over 13,500 square miles (35,000 km 2) of southwestern South Dakota. [4] The silo, known as launch facility Delta Nine (D-09) was constructed in 1963.
This is a list of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile, Missile Alert Facilities and Launch Facilities of the 44th Missile Wing, 20th Air Force, assigned to Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The 44th SMW executed the unique 'Long Life' test of a Minuteman ICBM.
The "improved" LGM-30B Minuteman I became operational at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, Minot AFB, North Dakota, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, in 1963 and 1964. All 800 Minuteman I missiles were delivered by June 1965.
The United States military said it carried out a test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to "validate and verify" the effectiveness
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Minuteman Missile: South Dakota: 43.80 acres (0.1773 km 2) During the Cold War, the United States established several missile-building sites in remote parts of the country, including this site near Wall, South Dakota, which the 66th Strategic Missile Squadron of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing operated.
In November 1962, the 455th Strategic Missile Wing was the fourth United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing, the third with the LGM-30B Minuteman I. In 1962 and 1963 150 missiles were deployed to silos controlled by three squadrons of 455th in North Dakota.