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America’s Only Preserved Cold War Nuclear Missile Complex
The Titan Missile Museum in Tucson, Arizona holds a chilling piece of Cold War history. Built in 1963, Complex 571-7 once housed a 103-foot Titan II missile with enough power to wipe out an entire city.
When Reagan ordered all such sites shut down in 1981, this one got lucky. Colonel Paul Comeaux stepped in with a bold idea: turn the deadly weapon into a museum.
Workers cut holes in the missile tanks, left the silo doors partly open, and kept everything else intact. Soon after, the site opened to the public in 1986…