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Yvonne the titan iis mission was peace through deterrent. Our job was to project a credible threat. To be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly and with enough force to devastate the soviet union, even if they launched their missiles first. We are at the Titan Missile museum 25 miles south of downtown tucson. We are in the Launch Control center of the missile site. That is essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. From here, using all this equipment, ...

This weekend, the cspan cities tour is visiting tucson looking at the citys history. We are headed to a former Nuclear Missile site, located 25miles south of town. It was shut down in the late 1980s near the end of the cold war. Today, it is home to the Titan Missile museum. We will learn about cold war era history. Yvonne the titan iis mission was peace through deterrent. Our job was to project a credible threat. To be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly with eno...

It is now home to the Titan Missile museum. The mission of the titan 2 was peace through deterrence. Our job was to project the credible threat. Day, demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and withiate quickly and enough force that we could demonstrate to the soviet union, even if devastate the soviet union. Even if they launched first. We are about 85 miles south of Downtown Tucson. We are in the Launch Control center of the missile site. Essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. From he...

Valero joined the program and William Youmans follows at 8 30. Washington journal begins with your phone calls at 7 00 a. M. For the next 55 minutes, an American History tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits tucson, arizona. For five years, weve traveled across the u. S. To explore literary and historic sites. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. The mission was peace through the torrents. Our job was to project a credible threat, to be here every day, demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise for strike against us, we would be able to ride th...

These were . They were just kind of glorified canisters. They were little capsules. Or they may say, wow. People really went to space. I wonder why they quit. We dont know what the future is going to hold yet, but these artifacts certainly speak to the past and may provoke thought among people in the future. Watch american artifacts every sunday here on cspan3s American History tv. To see this and similar programs, visit our website, cspan. Org history. 35 years ago on april 12th, 1981, Space Shuttle columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space center in florida with two crew members onboard. La...