Heron&Fox Photo<p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Thor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Missile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Missile</span></a> was the first operational <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BallisticMissile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BallisticMissile</span></a> of the United States.<br />As an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, when stationed in Europe, it could deliver a nuclear warhead to Moscow.<br />The Thor also served as part of the Thor-<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Able" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Able</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vehicle</span></a>.<br />And the Thor components continued in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta</span></a> family of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rockets</span></a> long after the missile’s retirement.<br />The two truss towers on either side of the white rocket are the service structures for the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeltaII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeltaII</span></a>, the last legacy of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Thor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thor</span></a> family.<br />After the Delta II was retired, both towers where demolished in 2018 to prevent an uncontrolled collapse due to corrosion.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThorFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThorFamily</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeltaThorFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeltaThorFamily</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThorRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThorRocket</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThorAbleRocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThorAbleRocket</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LC17A" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LC17A</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LC17B" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LC17B</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AirForceSpaceAndMissileMuseum</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveral</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photo</span></a><br />Buy a print: <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/thor-able-and-slc-17a-and-b-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/t</span><span class="invisible">hor-able-and-slc-17a-and-b-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>