Imagine taking a drive from Belle Fourche down to Belvidere, weaving your way through the beautiful Black Hill and passed the striking Badlands. Then picture this: The Minuteman Missile system stretched across that entire landscape during the Cold War with 150 missiles placed along the terrain, hidden in plain sight but kept on constant alert. The South Dakota system was part of an arsenal of 1,000 total missiles. Read more about the history of the Minuteman Missiles by Molly Barari