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You Could Own One

In his pictorial history of early ICBMs, Siloman includes personal stories by the USAF Missileers to put a human face on mass devastation. Forty years of missiles are detailed here, and we have lived with them for so long, they are part of our daily mythology. Seen up close, however, the Titan missile has all the ambiance of a Novocain needle. Most of the Missile Bases you are about to visit have been Deactivated by the Military since 1965. At that Time they were considered Ultra Secret and their Mission was Top Priority. Today many Missile Sites are privately owned and extremely dangerous. Please DO NOT attempt entry. You could be ARRESTED or SHOT." Update Page contains a list of exterior and interior shots of the weapons and ICBM bases--the really haunting ones are photographs of farmland and rolling fields that are actually abandoned underground bases. If you like what you see, you can buy one in Hobart, Oklahoma. $69K and change will get you a base that cost $10 million to build.

Sun, 05 Mar 2000 06:34:06 -0800