Speaking of a Safe Home
I grew up as an Air Force brat - my Dad was the guy who holed up in the bottom of a missile silo to push the button if the President ordered it. Later Dad became a missile trainer and taught the protocol in the event a U.S. missile needed to be launched. So I’ve always been keenly interested in these missile silos.
In school, we were taught to hide under our desks in the event of a nuclear attack. Today I find that laughable as we would’ve been toast since our location was at “ground zero” if the Soviets ever launched. Their likely first strike was probably the military installations and the locations of the U.S. missiles.
In any case, I’m glad that cold war has ended and I’m guessing most of the missile silos are now empty. Waiting for Zefram Cochran to invent warp drive, I suppose, on a lonely mountainside in Montana. But the ones where warp drive is not being invented (heh) are available for purchase! Offered as “unique underground properties” by Missile Bases of the 20th Century, you can get your own safe haven and throw out a welcome mat.
There’s a Titan I site in Colorado available for $2.8 million. Too rich for my blood. However, in Wilber, Nebraska there’s an anxious seller offering an Atlas F site for $175,000, along with at least 20 acres. If I was ready to move to Nebraska, I can guarantee you I’d be all over this deal.
Think a missile silo is too non-glamorous for you? How about a castle? This beaut in South Africa is one of many available for sale or rent. There are also a handful of castles in the U.S. - from Florida to West Virginia - that you can find.
I’m thinking I like the missile silo.
