How to launch a Titan II ICBM

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If you visit the Titan Museum in Tucson, they will give you the quick how-to

rocketguy101 said:

If you visit the Titan Museum in Tucson, they will give you the quick how-to

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I'm glad to see this posted, I just took one of my sons there last year, and am looking to bring the whole family...quite an important lesson in history, and am glad we have such a resource in town! It's incredibly eerie, especially with all the additional stories the tour guides throw in...I left with a new sense of perspective and appreciation for diplomacy!

soopirV said:

I'm glad to see this posted, I just took one of my sons there last year, and am looking to bring the whole family...quite an important lesson in history, and am glad we have such a resource in town! It's incredibly eerie, especially with all the additional stories the tour guides throw in...I left with a new sense of perspective and appreciation for diplomacy!

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Hey I grew up in Tucson (Sabino HS class of 75)...yeah I remember when I was little, my Dad built houses in/around Sonoita. I got to to go with him some days, and we passed by a Titan silo. After Dad explained to me what it was, I always had a mixture of anticipation/dread, wondering if a missile was going to blast off as we drove by! It would have been cool but scary! Of course in school we did "duck and cover" drills.

rocketguy101 said:

If you visit the Titan Museum in Tucson, they will give you the quick how-to

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A tour well worth taking. Also, visit Kitt Peak since you'll be in the area:

https://www.noao.edu/kpvc/

The entire tour if you can't make it in person:

[video=youtube;eL5B87FFFiM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL5B87FFFiM[/video]

Hey, now you can have your own!
https://www.rocketgut.com/stories/silo-for-sale

My dad babysat a Titan II for a while at Tucson while I was a wee lad. (ca. 1965) A few years ago he told me that there was a location behind the equipment panels where a single person could launch the missile.

A pretty good reason to have the two man rule.