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think you would live in a house built out of a old missile silo if you had the chance?

2007-11-04 23:14:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Military

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I don't know about the silos; the command and control complexes tend to be what most people buy. Big renovation costs, depending on what needs to be done (f.e., controlling leakage of ground water) and how comfortable/well-equipped you'd want to make it. That said, much of the standard upkeep costs of a building exposed to the elements 24/7/365 are miniscule...

If I had the resources, though, I'd take one in a heartbeat.

2007-11-05 02:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by psyop6 6 · 1 0

in the 60's none were destroyed, only stripped and salvaged.and it REALLY depends on the Salvager- the military took what they could re-use, and what was sensitive, then hired Salvagers to remove whatever they could- i have seen pictures of different bases, and there is no rhyme or reason to what was stripped out- from totally gutted concrete structures, to different pumps and motors, even a couple with the Missile cribs still partially in place also- the military did NOT decontaminate these places until relatively recently- the titan I and Atlas bases abandoned in the 60's werent cleaned up until the 1990's and later! the Elizabeth Base is a Titan I 3 launchers, 2 antenna silos, a 100' control dome, a 120' power house, these were MASSIVE underground sites! sad thing about Elizabeth site is Elbert county let a Scrapper begin to destroy it- from the pics i see, i would bet at LEAST the tunnel way and tunnel junction at the Antenna Silos are destroyed or severely damaged- Rebar and VERY thick steel was shown sitting in a pile after the scrapper was Evicted after Abandonment, there is NO power in these- unless someone is doing restoration work, they are dark, usually wet, sometimes (as in Lincoln,Ca) totally full of water- missing floor panels, doors, safety rails, ETC make them VERY dangerous to explore- imagine walking through a door, and there is a 100' drop, no railing, no light, only a Deadly drop to standing water or scrap metal, or both the Titan II SILOS were destroyed, and the entry ways de-capped and buried,but the Command center werent bothered with- some people have dug them up, finding lots of equipment still in them- nothing sensitive, but not stripped clean either!

2016-04-02 05:47:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Sure beats living in a cave, better amenities, the drain (pardon the pun) on your pocket to pay for the juice to run the pumps to stop flooding and the general heating and lighting would be enormous though.

2007-11-04 23:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 1 0

I've seen the shows. Relatively cheap to buy, not so cheap to renovate.

2007-11-05 01:35:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Yes, Imagine what you could save on heating and cooling.
No traffic noise. It would be great.

the only downfall i think would be no windows.

2007-11-04 23:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by TG79 5 · 3 0

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