The Atlas was the first intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) in the US nuclear arsenal. This collection consists of 120 black and white photographs showing various aspects of the ...
An Atlas F missile like those that used to be on standby in bunkers under Kansas. (HUM Images / Universal Images via Getty Images) Way out in the Kansas prairie, 140 feet below ground, a ...
A U.S. Air Force veteran will speak about his experience working with Atlas missiles from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Greeley Museum, 714 8th St. As an airman first class, Jim Widlar worked on ...
A Cold War missile silo isn't most people's ideal home, but for over 30 years, it was David McIntyre's. Now, the underground bunker in rural Lincoln County is being put up for sale by his daughter and ...
October 2, 1957 - In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik 1. This was the height of the Cold War and Space Race, prompting the U.S. to build Intercontinental ...
Way out in the Kansas prairie, 140 feet below ground, a concrete-lined relic of Cold War annihilation has received a literal — and metaphorical — coat of “fresh paint throughout.” It’s not being ...