Minuteman Missile Field Maps
Minuteman Missile sites were not really top secret during the Cold War. As a matter of fact, local landowners and citizens of the Great Plains were well aware of nearby sites. The following maps show the location of Minuteman Missile fields beginning in 1962 up until the end of the Cold War. United States Minuteman Missile Fields 44th Strategic Missile Wing - Ellsworth AFB (western South Dakota) |
Did You Know?
To construct and deploy all 150 silos and 15 adjacent support structures for South Dakota’s Minuteman Missile field cost $56 million in the early 1960s ($9.2 billion in 2005 terms).