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Cheyenne Mountain Complex

Bunker

Hardened NORAD command facility built inside Colorado mountain to survive nuclear attack

Status — Confirmed

  Cold War Construction

Excavated under 2000 feet of granite, the site houses operations for missile warning and space surveillance.12

  Continuity Mission

Although primary control shifted to Peterson Space Force Base, the complex remains an alternate command center.345

  References

  1. norad.mil

  2. spaceforce.mil

  3. gazette.com

  4. pbs.org

  5. en.wikipedia.org

Published on February 8, 1966

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