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Last Titan Launch from Florida

Posted by timothy on from the old-new-stock dept.

The Breeze writes "Driving along San Diego's freeways, I often passed a large Lockheed Martin facility that had big ATLAS and TITAN logos on them - it looked like it was still operating, even though I thought the Titan missile had been retired years ago. Well, according to CNN, the last Titan to be launched from Florida just took off with a classified military payload. I had no idea that they were still using 50-year old technology to launch stuff into space. If you are not adverse to MS Word documents, Patrick AFB, (the Air Force station at Cape Canaveral) has some press releases about the launch. Interested parties might want to click here for more info on Titan, along with links to the Titan Missile Museum where you can actually see a Titan in a silo -- and where Zeframe Cochrane launched his first warp ship from."

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  1. That "Titan 2" site makes my eyes cry... by Khakionion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...when my eyes aren't busy bleeding profusely.

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    OMG! Wau!
  2. Shall we play a game? by iamzack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about Global Thermonuclear War?

    1. Re:Shall we play a game? by steved3298 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How bout a nice game of chess?