http://www.missilebases.com/adironback

I wish I were wealthy enough to buy this!

That's okay, Haertig (pat, pat). I'm sure that all our enemies have outdated maps for their nuclear bombs (once they get their delivery systems worked out), and this place probably shows as an active military base, which makes it a prime target. Even an underground bunker can't take a direct hit.

Sue

Very cool. I bet the bad guys wouldn't bomb it if you painted a 'peace symbol' on the roof. Just be sure your airplane's shadow doesn't look like a military fighter.

A friend and I did an aerial tour of the Atlas* sites in Colo, Wyoming and out to Nebraska by lightplane one day. Quite remarkable how many were built (we overflew 17 I think). One in Kimball, NE was refurbished as a 'safe data storage' facility. Then the tax assessors raised the taxes so the owners had to sell it.

The rest are mostly just holes in the ground. Or for the earlier ones, concrete boxes above ground with no roofs.



* Atlas were liquid fueled missiles. Obsoleted about 1962. The usable rockets became part of the manned space program rather than being scrapped.

You bring up a good point. I wonder if my homeowners insurance covers a direct nuclear strike?

Only up to $100! Because what damage could a Direct nuclear bomb hit do to you house?!

I would think that those organizations that are capable of launching a nuclear missile are pretty much aware that the Atlas program have been decommissioned for better than thirty years. Missiles and nuclear warheads are not cheap and nobody who has one would waste such a valuable resource to take out a single-family home. Even such a fancy one. Even if the idea has a certain malevolent poetry to it.

I was just trying to make Haertig feel better.

Sue

I dunno, nuclear madmen are not known for their rationality.

The toxic clean-up is way to expensive. No thanks.