"Underground War Room on 'Warm Standby'" Cheyenne Mountain

[GreenPartyVoter]

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. (AP) - Dr. Strangelove would have a heart attack: America's vaunted underground war room deep inside this granite mountain is being retired. Not only that, but Russian military men have been inside the place.

During the long nuclear standoff with Moscow, the nation's super-secret nerve center was a symbol of both Cold War might and apocalyptic dread, depicted in such movies as "WarGames" in 1983. But with the end of the Cold War, the war room is being put on "warm standby" to save money.

A staff will keep it ready to resume operations at a moment's notice if a blast-hardened command center becomes necessary, but the critical work is being shifted to Peterson Air Force Base, about 10 miles away.

"In today's Netted, distributed world we can do very good work on a broad range of media right here," Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said from his Peterson headquarters. "Right there at that desk, including one push-button to the president."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20061016/D8KQ11081.html

[Ian David]

1. They're making more room for Stargate Command n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. closed for remodeling

Chaney's vacation bunker? :scared:

[Double T]

3. Remodeled into bushco's new super-secret torture chambers???

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Ok, now I'm really freaked

just the possibility...