Scenes from inside a U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Silo (Minuteman III ICBM) and the Launch Control Room.

WALL, S.D. — Jim Boensch points out a number of switches and lights on a nearby electronic console. He gives a detailed rundown of what each does as well as gives a demonstration of an ear-piercing ...

CACTUS FLATS | Eric Leonard, superintendent of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site near Wall, said the most popular question he hears from visitors is some variation of this: “We don’t have ...

GREEN VALLEY, AZ — Just south of Tucson, the Titan Missile Museum offers a rare glimpse into Cold War history — and the chilling reality of nuclear deterrence. The museum houses the only preserved ...

You never know where this job is going to take you. Sometimes you spend all day at your desk with a phone at your ear, and sometimes you get to climb down a shaky, 40-foot ladder to explore an old ...

2001-04-22 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- The Bush administration should embark on an ambitious missile defense program that includes core elements of the Clinton anti-missile plan, despite daunting ...

Way out in the Kansas prairie, 140 feet below ground, a concrete-lined relic of Cold War annihilation has received a literal — and metaphorical — coat of “fresh paint throughout.” It’s not being ...