Exploring an Atlas Missile Silo

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Uploaded by on Sep 3, 2009

We traveled up to Lewis, NY, where Alex Michael is renovating a Cold War-era missile silo. Inactive since the early 60s, this silo was one of twelve designed to strike at Russia in the event of a nuclear war. Since buying it in the late 90s, Michael has refurbished the Launch Control Center and turned it into a livable home. Work on the silo itself is ongoing, as you'll see. For more info, check out www.hiddenhometown.com

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  • I visited one. Lots of asbestos and rusty stairs and stuff. Could only go so many levels down before it was too dangerous. Soooooo cool though.

  • There are 12 silos that I know of in southeast Nebraska.

  • You'll be surprised to know that there are a few of the concrete silos laying dormant in Georgia. I think we were very well equiped to handle and deal with the Cuban missile crisis.

  • It would be very cool to live in one of these. I couldn't imagine the cost of renovation. I would be constantly afraid of residual radiation.

  • So I guess Michael is the Overseer?

    Hope he's got plenty of water chips... and a functional GECK...

  • This would be a pretty badass place to play some scenario paintball games!

  • @tigermki Sry but thats not true. we still have land based nuclear missiles. They are called Minutemen missiles and they are kept in silos on land.

  • @comanche119 nuclear missle's are still active but they are no longer land based all of them are being carried by submarines using the tomahawk cruise missle system as the launch unit and delivery and each one carries about 6,8 or 12 independent warheads

  • @broadcast9999 it's off premier symtoms by air, they have other tracks that are similar.

  • @arthurkitchen Chances are we do, but just don't discuss it publicly!

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