36 Items Tagged

Missiles

Philip, South Dakota

Minuteman Missile Visitor Center

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The rocket lifting off.

space exploration

A Rocket Treated Florida to a Light Show at Dawn

On Thursday, it catapulted a communications satellite into space from Cape Canaveral.

Evan Nicole Brown August 9, 2019

Knob Noster, Missouri

Whiteman Minuteman Missile Site

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Concrete debris found in the woods of Popes Head Park.

Fairfax, Virginia

Fairfax Nike Missile Site

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

They probably didn't have to worry about trespassing—that's pretty uninviting.

Cavalier, North Dakota

Remote Sprint Launcher #3 Missile Site

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

Permanently Closed

Redmond, Washington

Nike Nuclear Missile Site S-13/14

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

Richmond, California

Nike Missile Radar Site

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The abandoned torpedo launch station.

Rijeka, Croatia

Torpedo Launch Station

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

The V-2 rocket (left) in the atrium of the Imperial War Museum in London.

The Most Dangerous Things You Can See in Museums

From a V-2 rocket to arsenic wallpaper.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 15, 2018

View of Alden Park from the bandstand, showing polaris missile.

Vallejo, California

Alden Park

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

Nike Missile Site W-92.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Nike Missile Site W-92

Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.

A Rheinbote short range ballistic rocket

Nazi Rocket Test Site

This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.

Sandy Hook Nike Launch Site

Highlands, New Jersey

Sandy Hook Nike Launch Site

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Why Were Hellfire Missiles Found on a Passenger Plane?

One news agency said the missiles were in coffins.

Erik Shilling March 14, 2016

Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site

Cooperstown, North Dakota

Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

Nike Missile Site SF-51

Pacifica, California

Nike Missile Site SF-51

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Children play among the old missile equipment.

Addison, Illinois

Nike Park

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.