“We do remote sensing and diagnostics and evaluate the ability to do stand-off detection of different systems.” “We do testing on materials, we look at the effects of different types of propellant on different types of steel and cladding and coating,” he said. Hopmeier, a mechanical engineer with a long resume in national security, bought the property in 2015 to run his business. Since the government sold the land, it’s had different owners over the years. This is designed to be able to allow defenders to protect from anyone that was trying to invade,” Hopmeier explained.Īs visitors make their way below ground, the temperature stays between 55 and 63 degrees, a chilly temperature for the airmen that staffed the silo until 1965, when it was decommissioned. He says it was the most advanced facility of its kind, designed to withstand a powerful direct attack and keep out potential foreign invaders. “It was a completely different type of stress they would have had at the time, knowing that their families were literally on the front lines with them,” Hopmeier said. It was staffed 24/7 by a crew of missileers ready with keys in hand if the order came to launch.

He says the missile housed in the 190-foot silo thankfully saw no action during its five years in service. They wanted to have a place with proper terrain and proper geology to plant it and a proper location on the planet, but they didn’t want it close to a major population center because they knew it was a primary target,” said Michael Hopmeier, the proud owner of the Atlas F missile silo, and founder Unconventional Concepts Inc. In the early 1960′s, 12 missile silos were built around northern, New York and Vermont, ready to launch nuclear warheads in case of a Soviet first strike. Tucked away in the Town of Lewis is a Cold War secret. (WCAX) - A Cold War-era missile silo located in the Adirondacks is finding new uses today. “That mission is for you to define amongst the limitless scenarios,” reads the listing description.BURLINGTON, Vt. Edward and Dianna Peden bought a 34-acre missile base in Dover, Kansas, for $40,000 in the 1980s. In 2008, Drew Reeves moved from a former missile base in Kansas to a former missile base in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert to escape the cold winters. It comes with an underground space with a launch silo, escape hatch and nine blast doors but has no internal plumbing or electricity.Īccording to the New York Daily News, some people specifically seek out old nuclear missile bases to restore as residential properties. The property itself is a 20-minute drive from Tucson in Catalina, Arizona, and is guarded off by rattlesnakes and barbed-wire fencing.

“This property was once one of the most top secret of government assets and is now ready to fulfill a new mission,” reads the listing description. Some people specifically seek out old nuclear missile bases to build their homes.

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