SM-65F Atlas
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The SM-65F Atlas, or Atlas-F, was the final operational variant of the Atlas missile, only differing from the Atlas E in the launch facility and guidance package used. It first flew on 8 August 1961,
Launch of an Atlas-F missile
HGM-25A Titan I
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The Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile, in use from 1959 until 1962. Though the SM-68A was operational for only three yea
SM-65F Atlas
…missiles, with the missile stored horizontally and raised upright for launch. Atlas F for comparison used a vertical silo with an elevator similar to the Titan I. The Atlas F was originally conceived when the Air Force decided that the coffin silos used for the Atlas D and E were too exposed and vulnerable to…
Launch of a Titan I SM/567.8-90 ICBM from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Titan I missile emerges from its silo at Vandenberg Operational System Test Facility in 1960.
Titan-I ICBM SM vehicles being destroyed at Mira Loma AFS for the SALT-1 Treaty
Titan-I ICBM SM vehicles being destroyed at Mira Loma AFS for the SALT-1 Treaty