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  2. Titan Missile Museum - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    Sites SF-87 and SF-93 were deactivated in 1971. Three years later, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command deactivated the remaining missile batteries. When the Army abandoned the launch area of SF-88 at Fort Barry in 1974, the National Park Service assumed custody of the site, incorporating it into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Through ...

  4. Missile launch facility - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. 18-year-old rescued after 30-foot plunge into abandoned ...

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    The silo had “twisted metal, collapsed floors, concrete pieces everywhere,” a rescuer says. 18-year-old rescued after 30-foot plunge into abandoned missile silo, Colorado cops say Skip to main ...

  6. LGM-25C Titan II - Wikipedia

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    A single Titan II complex belonging to the former strategic missile wing at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base escaped destruction after decommissioning and is open to the public as the Titan Missile Museum at Sahuarita, Arizona. The missile resting in the silo is a real Titan II, but was a training missile and never contained fuel, oxidizer, or a ...

  7. The U.S. Is Losing a New Nuclear Arms Race - AOL

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    The Pentagon has reported to Congress that China’s intercontinental-range missile launchers, in total, outnumber America’s 400 silos loaded with the 54-year-old Minuteman III. China has thus ...

  8. 341st Missile Wing LGM-30 Minuteman missile launch sites

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    In 2007 the 564th SMS's 50 silos were retired to reduce operating costs. They were last upgraded in the early 1970s and were considerably different from the newer Minuteman III silos upgraded in the 1990s. With their inactivation, the United States number of ground-based ICBMs was reduced to 450.

  9. Map of US claims to show areas most at risk of being ... - AOL

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    Intercontinental ballistic missile silos (ICBMs), military bases, and nuclear storage are spread out across the US. The map was initially issued in 2015 (Published CBS 2015)