Inside a Nuclear Missile Silo

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Thanks to Supremacy: World War III for sponsoring this video - Play Supremacy: World War III for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 https://con.onelink.me/kZW6/DECON001 Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days! Hidden deep underground across America during the Cold War were massive structures built for one terrifying purpose: to launch one of the most powerful nuclear weapons ever created in under one minute. These secret facilities were engineered to survive a nearby nuclear blast and still fire a missile carrying a 9-megaton warhead, which is about 600 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, and capable of destroying an entire city. This missile could have reached Moscow in roughly 30 minutes. In this Deconstructed video, we rebuilt one of these doomsday multi-story complexes in full 3D to take you inside and show exactly how this terrifying system actually worked. You will see every level, from the 700-ton silo door to the crew quarters to the launch control center. We also created an incredibly detailed cutaway poster inspired by this video. It includes technical insights that didn’t even make it into the final cut. Every order directly supports the channel and helps us keep creating videos like this one. 👉 Grab your poster here: https://crowdmade.com/collections/deconstructed/products/deconstructed-titan-ii-launch-complex-poster 🎁 We’re also giving one away! Just subscribe, like this video, and leave a comment below telling us: What surprised you the most about the Titan II Missile Silo? We’ll announce the winner in our next upload. Details below. The facility represented in this video is the Titan II missile launch complex, built in the early 1960s to house the LGM-25C Titan II, a two-stage, liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile armed with the W53 nuclear warhead. Each complex consisted of three main sections: a missile silo where the missile was stored and kept ready to launch, a launch control center where crews monitored and executed launch orders, and an access portal connecting the two through a network of reinforced tunnels. The Titan II represented a major leap in America’s nuclear deterrent. Unlike earlier missiles such as the Atlas F and Titan I, which required lifting before firing, the Titan II could launch directly from within its silo in under a minute. Decommissioned and replaced by the Minuteman missile in the 1980s, only one Titan II still remains today at the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona, preserved as a reminder of an era defined by tension, fear, and extraordinary engineering. Chapters 00:00 – 01:51 Intro 01:51 – 05:36 Cold War Origins 05:36 – 07:50 Surface 07:50 – 10:56 Access Portal 10:56 – 14:57 Launch Control Center 14:57 – 19:18 Missile Silo 19:18 – 20:44 Launch Sequence 20:44 – 22:26 Legacy A huge thank you to all our Patreon and YouTube Membership supporters — your support helps us keep creating detailed, high-quality videos like this one. If you’d like to support the channel and help us bring more projects to life, you can join us here: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/c/Deconstructed_Animations | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCje6-Yak9u1msy5l7sE9pBA/join 🎬 Special thanks to our team: - Hubert M, Ajit S, José V & Jakub J: 3D Modeling and 3D Animation - Nicolas J: Sound Design - Sydney O: Script - Lion: Narration - Louis: Technical Research - Lion & Louis: Direction & Editing 🎁 Giveaway Rules: - No purchase necessary. Open worldwide. - Enter by commenting on this video and answering the question: What surprised you the most about the Titan II Missile Silo? - The winner will be selected based on our judgment of the best comment. - The winner will be announced at the end of the next video and must contact us via email at [email protected] to claim their prize. - If the winner is under the age of majority in their country, parental permission is required to receive the prize. - This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by YouTube. - Void where prohibited. 📚 Photo and Document Credits: Images are courtesy of Creative Commons and Wikimedia Commons. #titanII #missilesilo #icbm