The Titan II Handbook: A Civilian's Guide to the Most Powerful ICBM America Ever Built;

Titan II was the largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile ever deployed by the United States. It carried a single nine-megaton warhead and had a top speed of about 16,000 miles per hour. The Titan II Handbook is a nuts-and-bolts guide to this remarkable product of the Cold War, and explores every level and system of the massive underground launch complex. The book is 200 pages in length and features more than 300 super-sharp black and white photos of equipment and facilities, as well as many illustrations and diagrams reproduced from the original technical orders. Also included are four fold-out blueprints of the underground structures (access portal, blast lock, control center and silo), and a five-foot fold-out schematic of the missile itself. Written by historian and industrial archeologist Chuck Pesnon, archivist for the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona, and author of "Heathkit: A Guide to the Amateur Radio Products," and "Heathkit Test Equipment Products." Printed in the USA using traditional offset lithography to ensure sharp, clear images. For those with an interest in missiles, nuclear weapons, military hardware or the Cold War, the Titan II Handbook is a must have.