The Titan II ICBM program was developed by the US military to increase the size, strength, and speed of
the nation's weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 60s. Each missile carried a single warhead, the largest in the
US inventory, used liquid fuels, and was stored and launched from underground silos. They were deployed in
Arkansas, Kansas, and Arizona. They were in service for over twenty years.
I toured the Titan Missile Museum, the only Titan II silo still intact, a
few years ago, and began a pursuit to learn everything I could about the Titan Missile system.
The information here is only a small portion of the data I've collected since then.
Here is a section on the Titan I, and the early development of the Titan Missile.
Titan Accidents
There were several accidents involving the Titan II. The story of the accident that occured at
complex 373-4 Searcy AR on August 9th 1965 is here.
Newspaper interviews man that survived this silo fire. And here is a newspaper article about the accident.
On August 24th 1978 an accident occurred at complex 533-7 near Rock Kansas, 2 men were killed. Here is that story.
On September 19, 1980 an accident occurred at complex 374-7 near Damascus Arkansas.
Info on the accident can be found here and an
article about it here.
