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The Delta-09 Missile Silo Exhibit, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

A fenced-in area in which resides the Delta-09 missile silo

Located just off of Exit 116 along Interstate 90 near Wall, South Dakota and surrounded by short grass prairie sits the Delta-09 missile silo, where "from 1963 until the early 1990s, the missile silo at Delta-09 contained a fully operational Minuteman Missile, bearing a 1.2 megaton nuclear warhead. The Delta-09 missile silo was one of 150 spread across western South Dakota. In total there were 1,000 Minuteman missiles deployed from the 1960's into the early 1990's. Visitors can now tour the site daily."

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"Delivered Worldwide In Thirty Minutes Or Less," Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

A thick metal door with the painting that looks like a Domino pizza box but instead has a drawing of a missile on it, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

What you see in this image is an eight-ton metal door that opens (and closes) on the Delta-01 Launch Control Center 31 feet underground once operated by two missileers who controlled 10 Minuteman II missiles armed with nuclear warheads.

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Photography In The National Parks: What’s In My Camera Bag Redux

How many of you have changed your mindset about one or more aspects of photography, cameras, lenses, camera packs, or travel over the years? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson didn’t realize just how much some of her own photographic views have changed until rereading an interview written 11 years ago between herself and Traveler editor Kurt Repanshek.

Virtual Tours Reveal Look Into Cold War Resources At Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Modern technologies allow unique opportunities to explore all manner of locations. To mark National Virtual Vacation Day on March 30, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is releasing a series of virtual reality tours of the preserved Delta Flight sites.

Around The Parks: Higher Fees, Winter In Yosemite, Good Work In Grand Teton

Higher fees are coming your way for touring the Delta-O1 launch facility at Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, the Mariposa Grove at Yosemite National Park is open for winter, and friends of Cuyahoga Valley National Park have raised millions for a new visitor center. Those are just some of the stories from around the National Park System.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site To Celebrate New Park Film

As the summer season comes to an end, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota invites the public to celebrate the completion of the new park orientation film, Beneath The Plains: The Minuteman Missile On Alert. This is the first official film produced for the park, and complements the exhibits installed two years ago.

Mark The 60th Anniversary Of Sputnik At Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

“Beep. Beep. Beep.” The signal from the Soviet satellite known as Sputnik terrified Americans in the fall of 1957 and changed the world. If the Russians could put a satellite into space, it stood to reason that they could launch a nuclear missile to the United States.
  • By NPT Staff - September 26th, 2017 11:26am

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