Peace on Earth at Missile Silo 571-7
my wife and I have found ourselves staring into the hardened silo of a missile that could have delivered a nine-megaton nuclear warhead anywhere in the old Soviet Union — 30 minutes from Sahuarita to Moscow. Taking it in, you develop a deeper appreciation for the role that places like this, and the men and women who served in them, played in winning the Cold War. Derided as the product of “misguided defense policies” by the Obamas of yesteryear, this site, in the middle of nowhere, is truly a historic place. When you talk about peace through strength, here it is.