• Minuteman Silo Image

    Minuteman Missile

    National Historic Site South Dakota

Photo Gallery

A Window Into a Secret World

Because of the intense security regarding nuclear weapons, few citizens were ever able to take a look inside Minuteman missile sites. By viewing the following photo galleries you can now draw back the curtain and look inside this once secretive world!

 

 

 

Did You Know?

Minuteman Missile in flight

The only Minuteman Missile ever launched out of an active silo took place at a silo north of Newell, South Dakota on March 1, 1965. The flight only lasted a total of seven seconds with the rocket landing in a nearby pasture.