Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, AZ

The Titan Missile Museum is the only publicly accessible Titan II missile site in the nation. Officially known as complex 571-7, the site was completed and turned over to the U.S. Air Force in 1963. Until 1987, when the last Titan II was deactivated, 54 Titan II missile complexes across the United States stood "on alert" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What was once one of America's most top secret places is now a National Historic Landmark. Nowhere else in the world can visitors get up close and personal with an ICBM in its operational environment.

Here's Brian standing next to the engine!


The Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was the first liquid propellant missile that could be launched from underground. Equipped with a nine-megaton thermonuclear warhead, the Titan II was capable of reaching its target, more than half the world away, in less than thirty minutes. This shot was taken from ground level, looking down into the silo.
Here's the control room, where airmen awaited launch orders, 24/7.

OOPS, I forgot to flip this shot...
But I took this from inside the silo. We really enjoyed this tour -- a bit of history of keeping the peace