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The last Titan II missile, located at Silo 373-8 near Judsonia, Arkansas, was deactivated on 5 May 1987. With their warheads removed, the deactivated missiles were initially placed in storage at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base , Arizona, and the former Norton Air Force Base , California, but were later broken up for salvage by 2009.
Access to the missile was through tunnels connecting the launch control center and launch facility. An example of this can be seen at the Titan Missile Museum, located south of Tucson, Arizona. Notable accidents: Fire in Titan II silo 373-4 – 1965 Searcy missile silo fire; Titan II explosion in silo 374-7 – 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
The Titan Missile Museum, also known as Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 or as Titan II ICBM Site 571-7, is a former ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) site located about 40 km (25 mi) [3] south of Tucson, Arizona in the United States. It was constructed in 1963 and deactivated in 1984.
The 54 Titan IIs [21] in Arizona, Arkansas, and Kansas [18] were replaced by 50 MX "Peacekeeper" solid-fuel rocket missiles in the mid-1980s; the last Titan II silo was deactivated in May 1987. [22] The 54 Titan IIs had been fielded along with a thousand Minuteman missiles from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.
Titan I: US Glenn L. Martin Company: 10,200 km 105,140 kg 3.75 Mt Inactive 1959 No Silo 28 Titan II: US Glenn L. Martin Company 15,000 km 154,000 kg 9 Mt Inactive 1962 No Silo 29 Minuteman I: US Boeing 8,900 km 29,000 kg 1.2 Mt Inactive 1961 No Silo 30 Minuteman II: US Boeing 10,200 km 33,000 kg 1.2 Mt Inactive 1965 No Silo 31 LGM-118 ...
The squadron became operational on 15 June 1963, the first Titan II squadron to do so. [16] [17] [b] The Titan II was an improvement over the Titan I. It used storeable liquid propellant and all inertial guidance. It could be launched from its silo and carried a larger warhead. The squadron operated nine missile sites: [13] LGM-25C Titan II Sites
Titan II (SM-68B, LGM-25C): Former hypergolic-fueled ICBM launched from silo, the rocket was used in 1965-1966 for ten crewed Gemini flights and its two-stage core was modified into the heavy-lifting Titan III and Titan IV rockets. All Titan II, III, and IV models have since been retired. Minuteman I (SM-80, LGM-30A/B, HSM-80) Minuteman II (LGM ...
LGM-25C Titan II, Silo Launch Test Facility for Titan II. Launched a Titan I on 3 May 1961. The facility was first built as a design and construction test for a mission-firing silo. Later, it became the Titan II Operations and Maintenance Missile Trainer (QMT). [7] [11] LC-A