NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Fortress Is Back in Business

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

One of the U.S. Military’s most enigmatic military bases is open for business again because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cheyenne Mountain, an underground facility carved into granite rock, was designed to deal with a nuclear attack on the U.S. and Canada. Its first real crisis, however, is the ongoing global pandemic. The base is up and running as a backup to the primary NORAD base, and its personnel is living in isolation to prevent them from picking up the virus.

The base at Cheyenne Mountain was built in the 1960s as the headquarters for North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. NORAD is a joint U.S.-Canadian military command tasked to keep a watch on air and space, tracking objects approaching North America. The command was originally set up to track Soviet bombers, then ballistic missiles. After 9/11 it was also assigned a homeland defense mission, monitoring commercial airspace for signs of hijackings.

Cheyenne Mountain was designed to survive a nuclear attack and continue its early warning mission. The facility is carved out of solid granite and the entrance is protected by 25 ton steel doors. Buildings constructed inside sit on giant, 1,000 pound steel springs to absorb the shock of a nuclear blast. At its peak 1,800 U.S. and Canadian military personnel manned the facility, and dorm-style housing, cafeterias, food, water, and electricity made the facility self-sufficient in emergencies.

Over the years thermonuclear weapons grew more powerful, making Cheyenne Mountain more vulnerable to attack. The facility became less important after the end of the Cold War, and in 2006 NORAD’s main functions were moved to nearby Peterson Air Force Base. Cheyenne Mountain was only lightly occupied, capable of being reactivated in the event of a crisis.

https://news.yahoo.com/norad-cheyenne-mountain-fortress-back-135600007.html

Is that where Trump is going to hole up once he loses the election?

[Newest Reality]

1. Hmmm...

That sounds like a good guess. Fort Trump.

This also sounds rather foreboding by way of implication.

[lagomorph777]

2. Like Blofeld's lair? With Oddjob as valet?

Or in this case Blojob's lair...

[jayfish]

3. The SGC Is Back In Business. -NT-

[CrispyQ]

4. Nestled right in the heart of religious white-wing whack-o land.

Any bets on if they are staging a rose garden and oval office as we read this?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. Yep, my brother lived there in the 80's.

He moved there for an engineering job, totally surprised by the right-wingers there. He HATED that aspect of it.

Coincidentally, his house was very close to Cheyenne Mountain too. Near a small pond called Quail Lake, I think.

He walked to his job at Honeywell, which I think is closed down now.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Fortunately, Colorado Springs is changing

Too slowly, but demographics and people moving in from elsewhere are bringing some balance.

[niyad]

10. Actually, a lot of hose people live way up on the other side of the city. Toward the mountain it is

[kairos12]

7. If you see gold plated shitters being added than you know he's coming.

[niyad]

8. Nah, he can't golf, or hold rallies. And the rwnj crazies would find it hard to break in. That

place is secure. Although. . .I was in there once. Ugly.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. re: "Is that where Trump is going to hole up..."

I think maybe somewhere closer like the facility near Liberty Township, PA.
There's a golf course in the next town.