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During the Cold War era, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) were hidden in missile silos across the United States, armed and ready to defend the country against Soviet attacks. In 1991, Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, and the missiles were disarmed and decommissioned.
The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site gives visitors the unique opportunity of viewing a missile silo and a launch control site. Inside the Delta-09 missile silo is a disarmed weapon. The visitor center has excellent historical displays on the arms race, the Cold War, and the development of ICBMs.
Address: Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 24545 Cottonwood Road, Philip, SD 57567, Phone: 605-433-5552
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