Titan missile control room

Credit: JIM WEST/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Caption: Tourist in the Titan II missile control room at the Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, Arizona, USA. Fifty-four Titan missiles were stationed across the US ready for launch against Russia during the Cold War. The missiles became operational in 1963 and were deactivated in 1982. The missile silo and adjacent control room are now open to tourists.

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