Photos: Decommissioned US Nuclear Missile Complex on Sale for Nearly $400,000

A decommissioned missile complex in the US state of Arizona is now on sale for almost $400,000.
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According to a listing on Zillow, the “underground Titan II missile complex” was once “one of the most top secret of government assets.” The complex is located on a 12-acre piece of land in Catalina, Arizona. 

​The complex was built in 1962 to be used as a missile silo. A silo, or a missile launch facility, is a cylindrical structure built underground that can be used to store intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), which are usually used for nuclearweapons delivery. In this case, the facility was used to store a type of ICBM called the Titan II. 

According to the National Park Service, the Titan II was the “largest ICBM ever deployed [by] the US Air Force,” weighing around 330,000 pounds and standing 103 feet tall. 

“The Titan II held a W53 warhead with an incredible nine megatons of explosive power (three times the explosive power of all the bombs used during World War II, including both atomic bombs). This warhead [is] twice as powerful as any other ICBM's warhead,” the National Park Service Explains.

The Cold War-era complex was decommissioned back in the 1980s by demolition crews.

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