QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE TITAN II MISSILE

With BC-CNS-Tucson’s Titans

By Cronkite News Service

Here are some quick facts about the Titan II missile:

_ Length: 103 feet.
_ Diameter: 10 feet.
_ Warhead Yield: About 9 megatons, the equivalent of 9 million tons of TNT.
_ Time From Start to Liftoff: 58 seconds.
_ Time to Target: 25-30 minutes.
_ Cost to Build Each Site (in 1963): $8.3 million.
_ Cost to Build Each Missile (in 1963): $2.2 million.

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Source: Titan Missile Museum