Buried in the Arizona desert lies a Cold War giant—the last Titan II missile silo, once armed and ready to launch the most powerful ICBM America ever built. Now a museum, this underground fortress ...

Deep inside the ICBM silo, surrounded by 3-foot thick walls, Pierce recalls the chore of opening the massive door designed to protect the Titan II Missile. “I can’t tell you how many times I ...

But in Faulkner County, guests can spend the night in a decommissioned Titan II nuclear missile silo complex. Arkansas hosted Titan II nuclear missile silos that were decommissioned and abandoned ...

The museum houses the only preserved Titan II missile silo in the world. The 103-foot intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) inside once stood ready to launch with just 58 seconds notice ...

The decommissioned Titan II missile silo about 35 miles north of Tucson officially hit the market on Friday. “This is the coolest listing I’ve had to date,” said Realtor Grant Hampton during ...

But one silo and its defanged missile near what would become a retirement community in southern Arizona called Green Valley, were preserved as a museum, a monument to the cold war. The Titan ...

Crews clean up the Titan II missile silo in Damascus following a 1980 explosion. This story, published in the January 1981 issue, serves as a reminder of the perils of the nuclear age. John Stacks ...