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The first flight of the Titan II was in March 1962 and the missile, now designated LGM-25C, reached initial operating capability in October 1963. The Titan II contained one W-53 nuclear warhead in a Mark 6 re-entry vehicle with a range of 8,700 nautical miles (10,000 mi; 16,100 km).
The Damascus Titan missile explosion (also called the Damascus accident [1]) was a 1980 U.S. nuclear weapons incident involving a Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). 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 ...
LGM-25C Titan II (1962–1964) While the SM-68A Titan I system was becoming operational, the USAF recognized that it could be simplified and improved. Using the same manufacturing and test facilities, the SM-68B took shape as a major step forward in ICBM technology. Perhaps Titan II's most important feature was its quick-launch capability.
The Martin LGM-25C Titan II carried a payload twice as heavy as the Titan I. It also used storable propellants, which reduced the time to launch and permitted it to be launched from its silo. Titan II carried the W53 warhead, making it the most powerful ICBM in the US arsenal. Wings operating the SM 68C (HGM-25C) Titan II
The 373rd was equipped with the LGM-25C Titan II Intercontinental ballistic missile in 1962, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was inactivated for the last time as part of the phaseout of the Titan II ICBM on 18 August 1987. The squadron was first activated in April 1942 as the 373d Bombardment Squadron. After training in the ...
The Titan 23G, Titan II(23)G, Titan 2(23)G or Titan II SLV was an American medium-lift launch vehicle derived from the LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile. Retired Titan II missiles were converted by Martin Marietta , into which the Glenn L. Martin Company , which built the original Titan II, had merged.
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C: US Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test: 16 February: Launch failure Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 16 February: Trailblazer 1: Wallops Island NASA NASA Suborbital REV Test: 16 February: Successful Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi) 18 February 14:00:02 UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy ...
LGM-25C Titan II 1962–1987 1962–1987 308th SMW ; B-47 squadron, 1954–1959 374th Strategic Missile Squadron: Little Rock AFB: LGM-25C Titan II 1962–1987 1962–1987 308th SMW; B-47 squadron, 1954–1959 400th Missile Squadron: F.E. Warren AFB: LGM-30B Minuteman I, 1964–1974 LGM-30G Minuteman III, 1973–1987 LGM-118A Peacekeeper, 1987 ...