a titan II ICBM sits in its underground silo at the titan missile museum in southern arizona. for 20+ years, this missile stood on alert, tipped with a large nine megaton thrmonuclear warhead. the purpose of the titan II missiles was "counter strike" - to destroy russian cities and population centers as retaliation if the soviets launched a first strike attack against the USA.
Roland Miller is on a mission to document the deserted sites of America’s space race. His book, Abandoned in Place, is published by the University of New Mexico Press in March
Russia is building underground nuclear command bunkers in the latest sign Moscow is moving ahead with a major strategic forces modernization program.
While some missile silos — subterranean relics of the Cold War — have been demolished or left to dust and decay, others have found new purpose as homes, museums and more.
87 Hale Hill Lane, Lewis, N.Y. For sale: $750,000It's the one home where curb appeal doesn't matter, quips listing agent Brian Dominic of Select Sotheby's International Realty.He's right: At first glance, the home in upstate New York isn't anything more than a steel door in the middle of the Adirondacks. But it's below the ground that matters.Forty feet underground is the actual residence, set in
The entrance to a Cold War-era missile silo that once housed an intercontinental ballistic missile under the Atlas F project beginning in 1962. One of the silos has been converted into an Airbnb Photo by Miriam W. Schulman, taken near Roswell, NM (Edition of 10 for each size)
It’s called the Badlands because that’s what the Lakota and early French trappers both called it due to how difficult the terrain is to travel through . Not too far from the park was the Minuteman Delta-09 missile silo . It is crazy to think that just in this one area of South Dakota t here are
Israel said on Friday it would consider military action if needed to ensure Syrian missiles or chemical weapons did not reach President Bashar al-Assad's allies in Lebanon, the Shi'ite Islamist movement Hezbollah.
A visit to the Cold War Museum in Plokstine Lithuania is a surreal experience where you learn about the Cold War in a former missile silo.
A unique property in Arizona came and went with astonishing rapidity: this Titan II missile silo. It was listed a couple of weeks ago for $395K, and is now in pending status—presumably at the asking price. The grim, dark reminder of cold war anxiety sold quickly. Almost half a mil for a rusting hulk of
Why its called FAC, where are the weapons. as per article its FIC, a lot of difference is there b/w the terms FAC and FIC. First and third pic boat...
The most unique places to stay in Arkansas: A-frames, geodomes, tents, a former missile silo, and more. Enjoy these unique Arkansas stays!
Constant state of fear getting you down? Stay safe from the impending doom of Z-day, the fallout of the endless wasteland, and the terror of your internet connection failing with the accurate cutaway view of the Twig Bunker, located in an abandoned missile silo just west of... Yeah, we're not saying.
Definite proof that Kansas is the capital of unique roadside attractions.
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
A visit to the Cold War Museum in Plokstine Lithuania is a surreal experience where you learn about the Cold War in a former missile silo.
