Titan II Missile Warhead

The Titan II missile’s re-entry vehicle, which held a W-53 warhead that had a nuclear yield of between nine and ten megatons. The Titan II program was a Cold War weapons system; eighteen Titan II launch complexes were located in Arkansas.

Cone shaped rocket nose on a crane

U.S. Air Force photo, courtesy of Don Boelling

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