Well here I am inside the Museum display and historical center at Titan II Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.
My obligatory picture with the Have Web Sites Will Travel Traveling Webmasters Truck outside the Titan II Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.
Museum sign for Titan II Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.
Ominous sign that is posted on the original entrance gate to the Titan II Missile Silo 571-7 complex.
View of the topside area of the Titan II Missile Silo 571-7
Inside view of Titan II Missile Silo 571-7. Look at the thickness of the "blast lock area" door which leads from the "entrapment area" into the "access portal" into the cableway which leads one way to "missile launch control center" and the other way to the "launch silo."
An even better view of the thickness of the "blast lock area" door which leads from the "entrapment area" into the "access portal" into the cableway which leads one way to "missile launch control center" and the other way to the "launch silo."
A view down the cableway which leads to the "launch silo." As you can see this is a pretty long passageway. My guess is the best place to be when a Titan II Missile launches is to be as far away as possible.
View of the Launch Control Complex Facilities Console (LCCFC). In the center is the MCCC's (Missile Combat Crew Commander) launch control console where the Commanders launch key is.
Another view of the Launch Control Complex Facilities Console (LCCFC) with the EWO (Emergency War Order) safe (red on top and the rest blue).
Another view of the Launch Control Complex Facilities Console (LCCFC). In the lower right corner of this picture you can see the Commanders launch key.
View from inside access area of Titan II Missile Silo 571-7 of the last Titan II missile.
View from the top of Titan II Missile Silo 571-7. Here you can see the REV (Reentry Vehicle) atop the Titan II Missile. Also you can see two technicians suited up in protective suits working on/around the missile. Note they are observing the "two man rule" which requires that no one can be alone in sensitive areas or "No Lone Zones" which included most of the silo and launch complex.
Here is a good view of the primary security system (other than the perimiter fence). These horn looking devices are TPS-19's or "Tipsies." They were motion detection devices that would alert the Missile Launch Crew below in the Launch Control Complex Facilities Console (LCCFC) who would then alert topside Security personnel who would investigate the intrusion.
Display model of the REV (Reentry Vehicle) in it's transportaion stand on a truck bed.
Display model of one of the two stage one engines that a Titan II missile has. In the background is a display model of the stage two missile engine.
2nd Visit Pictures taken 10 March 2006
This is Me (Ray Plumlee) with my hand on the Commanders launch key.
Me (Ray Plumlee) again standing next to the silo's maintenance access.
This was our tour guide Chuck showing us the Launch Control Complex Facilities Console (LCCFC)
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