Minuteman Delta 09 Missile Silo Site Near Philip, South Dakota

Minuteman Missile Delta 09

Silo is northwest of Delta 01

Missile Control Center.

This display compares the length

of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the

60-foot-long Minuteman

Missile & four sedans.

 

The Minuteman Silo has a

glass enclosure for visitors

to view a decommissioned

Missile.

Looking down into the Silo.

At the height of the Nuclear

Arms Race over 65,000

Nuclear Weapons were built.

       

The START Treaties of 1991 and 1993 created timelines for disarming and dismantling of thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Warheads.

Many thousands of Nuclear Weapons have been destroyed.  Missile Silos were imploded and filled in.  And, today, over 12,000 Nuclear Weapons remain.  

This Minuteman Missile Silo, the Delta 01 Command Launch Command Center, and the Minuteman Missile Historic Site and Visitor Center preserve the dark, fearful decades of The Cold War and the Nuclear Arms Race.