During the Cold War, a vast arsenal of nuclear missiles were placed in the Great Plains. Hidden in plain sight, for thirty years 1,000 missiles were kept on constant alert; hundreds remain today. The Minuteman Missile remains an iconic weapon in the American nuclear arsenal. It holds the power to destroy civilization, but is meant as a nuclear deterrent to maintain peace and prevent war.
What you’ll hear
7 places to explore in this park.
- Delta-01 Launch Control Facility
- Delta-09 Missile Silo
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center
- Missile Site Park
- Oscar-Zero Minuteman Missile Alert Facility
- Quebec-One MAF
- South Dakota Air & Space Museum
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