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Did you know some nuclear silos are on private land?
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:36 am
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:36 am
Excerpt from this article in The Advocate today...
I had no idea they put some on private land. I wonder if the government "landmen" fully disclose what will be going on the site when they sign the paperwork. I wonder how much money you have to get per acre to know that you and your land will now be a target of foreign governments.
Regardless, I thought it was an interesting little tidbit.
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The only exception is a plan for more extensive practicing of security response tactics at launch silos, a move that requires signed agreements with owners of the private land on which the missile silos are situated.
I had no idea they put some on private land. I wonder if the government "landmen" fully disclose what will be going on the site when they sign the paperwork. I wonder how much money you have to get per acre to know that you and your land will now be a target of foreign governments.
Regardless, I thought it was an interesting little tidbit.
This post was edited on 5/22/14 at 8:37 am
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Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:39 am to boosiebadazz
I used to work Minuteman 2 ICBMs the ranchers knew what was going on their land, good people.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:48 am to boosiebadazz
I wonder what kind of rent the land owners get?
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:50 am to GetCocky11
Yeah, that was a question I had.
I wonder if the govnerment could invoke eminent domain if a block of landowners outright refused...
I wonder if the govnerment could invoke eminent domain if a block of landowners outright refused...
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:52 am to Jbird
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used to work Minuteman 2 ICBMs the ranchers knew what was going on their land, good people.
This may be a dumb question, but where the silos hidden under the ground; like under the rancher's fields? Or were they actual bunkers that you could see and recognize?
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:56 am to boxcarbarney
Here ya go, I remember seeing the silos when I was a kid visiting family up in North Dakota, tho those were bigger than these are.
This post was edited on 5/22/14 at 8:57 am
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:56 am to boxcarbarney
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but where the silos hidden under the ground; like under the rancher's fields?
The one that use to be about a mile from my house was underground in a hay pasture about a quarter mile from a major highway. You could see a flat concrete pad that elevated about three to four feet above the level of the ground.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:56 am to boxcarbarney
quote:Very easy to see. A 70,000 pound launch door is pretty easy to see on the South Dakota prairie, pluse stuff like a big fence with signs that say use of deadly force authorized are a tip off.
Or were they actual bunkers that you could see and recognize?
Posted on 5/22/14 at 8:59 am to Jbird
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pluse stuff like a big fence with signs that say use of deadly force authorized are a tip off.
I imagine it would be. Posted on 5/22/14 at 9:05 am to boxcarbarney
Besides it was big news in the early 60s when they were being built.
CSB moment. I was out in the middle of nowhere working the missile field and we got a call that the security system was tripped on a site. It was the standard S.D. 30 below snowing mini blizzard. So we respond to the missile site to find a ranchers pickup laying on it's roof. This was before cell phones. He climbed the fence and was huddled up against the launch door. He knew if he got on the site someone would show up. He didn't give a shite about anything other than getting into our truck, he was covered in snow and freezing. So we call it in to Security and before long we get a call on the radio from the Federal Marshall, says he knows the rancher and asked if we could kindly give him a ride to his ranch. We did and after the storm, a few days later the Marshall went out to his place and did the interview and proper paperwork for the report.
CSB moment. I was out in the middle of nowhere working the missile field and we got a call that the security system was tripped on a site. It was the standard S.D. 30 below snowing mini blizzard. So we respond to the missile site to find a ranchers pickup laying on it's roof. This was before cell phones. He climbed the fence and was huddled up against the launch door. He knew if he got on the site someone would show up. He didn't give a shite about anything other than getting into our truck, he was covered in snow and freezing. So we call it in to Security and before long we get a call on the radio from the Federal Marshall, says he knows the rancher and asked if we could kindly give him a ride to his ranch. We did and after the storm, a few days later the Marshall went out to his place and did the interview and proper paperwork for the report.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 9:30 am to Jbird
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CSB moment. I was out in the middle of nowhere working the missile field and we got a call that the security system was tripped on a site. It was the standard S.D. 30 below snowing mini blizzard. So we respond to the missile site to find a ranchers pickup laying on it's roof. This was before cell phones. He climbed the fence and was huddled up against the launch door. He knew if he got on the site someone would show up. He didn't give a shite about anything other than getting into our truck, he was covered in snow and freezing. So we call it in to Security and before long we get a call on the radio from the Federal Marshall, says he knows the rancher and asked if we could kindly give him a ride to his ranch. We did and after the storm, a few days later the Marshall went out to his place and did the interview and proper paperwork for the report.
What year was this?
I have the feeling now that this rancher wouldn't be treated as nicely.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 9:35 am to GetCocky11
1989-1990ish
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