We got to see an honest-to-goodness Titan missile. Of course at this point all of them have been deactivated and everything about them is non-classified. But for anyone who grew up during the cold war, when these nuclear war deterrents were active, it was a fascinating tour and look back into relatively recent history.
The tour took us into the area where the crew manned the consoles and spent, basically, very boring shifts. Our guide was a retired crew member and he related to us how every shift they had to go through the very same check list. He demonstrated the procedures involved if 'the' message came in. All in all, we found it quite interesting.
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