 These
are from the Titan Missile Museum south of Tucson. This is the control room. For over
twenty years these stations were manned 24 hours a day and could have their missile in the
air less than 30 seconds after receiving a launch order.It's just like the movies. There are two keys to activate the
missile. There's a red launch code book on the table.
 This is a very long hallway
connecting the control room and crew quarters to the missile silo. This hallway is
suspended within a thick concrete tube.
Everything is designed to survive an earthquake or a nearby
nuclear strike. This entire hallway is mounted on huge shock absorbers and you can see the
cables all have slack to allow a great deal of movement.This is the only remaining Titan
silo. All the others were destroyed per the requirements of one of the nuclear treaties. |
 There
were Titan Missiles near Tucson, Kansas City, and Little Rock from 1963 to 1984. Each city
had 18 missiles. From above ground the only thing visible when the sites were active was a
small concrete pad.
 This is a church in Green
Valley, Arizona. It's built in the mission style, but it's very modern. This is taken at
sunset to get the partial silhouette.
 Here's a hummingbird in her
nest. This was at the desert museum, which is mostly an outdoor museum carved right out of
the desert. They have a large aviary filled only with hummingbirds.
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