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A Titan II ICBM missile on display at the Titan II ICBM Site 571-7 in Arizona.

The Titan II ICBM missile was double the payload of a Titan I ICBM and was designed to hit a target over 9,000 miles away. The Titan II was in use for 39 years and fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base up until 2003. 

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A Titan II ICBM missile on display at the Titan II ICBM Site 571-7 in Arizona.

The Titan II ICBM was launched for the first time in 1962 and the last time in 2003. The missile was designed to hit a target over 9,000 miles away.