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Red*Lion
03-09-21, 19:32
I found this documentary to be very interesting. I found it amazing what they did to build it. Funny that the documentary did not mention that the real purpose of the base was as a prelude to try to place up to 600 ICBM under the ice in Greenland as an asset that could quickly strike the Soviet Union.
Only about 27 minutes long.
Enjoy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPQ15EgyTY
jsbhike
03-09-21, 21:39
Thank you, that was very neat.

At first I thought I watched it about a month ago, but it was this one instead.


https://youtu.be/mulqqV2oOoc
Ready.Fire.Aim
03-09-21, 21:46
Thanks for sharing!
Watching the Engineers build the base and install the reactor was fascinating.
Army had other nuke reactors on a base in Alaska and on a barge in the Panama Canal Zone.
hotrodder636
03-10-21, 07:43
Tagged to watch at a later time.
Alex V
03-11-21, 12:10
Cool look at old school construction techniques.
chuckman
03-11-21, 12:12
I love these shows about old, 'secret' bases. It makes we wonder how much is out there that we don't (yet) know about.
Grand58742
03-11-21, 12:29
I love these shows about old, 'secret' bases. It makes we wonder how much is out there that we don't (yet) know about.

What's always been funny to me (not in the Greenland case specifically) but 99% of the time the locals know all about that "secret" base nearby and act like it's no big deal.
chuckman
03-11-21, 13:14
What's always been funny to me (not in the Greenland case specifically) but 99% of the time the locals know all about that "secret" base nearby and act like it's no big deal.

Yes, that's true. A county in which I worked as a paramedic had a facility, a communications node in case of nuclear war. Everyone who lived there knew all about it, but as I grew up and lived elsewhere, I had no idea. RUMINT says it has since been reconfigured from a cold war footing to a GWOT footing.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-mysterious-military-compound.html
Red*Lion
03-12-21, 16:43
Yes, that's true. A county in which I worked as a paramedic had a facility, a communications node in case of nuclear war. Everyone who lived there knew all about it, but as I grew up and lived elsewhere, I had no idea. RUMINT says it has since been reconfigured from a cold war footing to a GWOT footing.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-mysterious-military-compound.html

That is an AT&T "Long Lines" facility. A nation wide microwave communication system that was started to ensure communication in the event of a nuclear war. It was started in the 1950's and lasted into the early 1990's. When AT&T was a monopoly, they controlled all telephone communication and TV broadcasts for quite a while. Your AT&T phone bills paid for Long Lines.
Here is a link to that shows the construction of the Chesire AT&T under ground bunker in 1966. It also shows what it looks like inside more recently.
Pretty amazing.

http://coldwar-ct.com/Home_Page_S1DO.html