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Abandoned Nuclear Antiballistic Missile Base 

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For almost half a century, from the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union, our world existed on the precipice of nuclear annihilation. The threat of an instant and irreversible descent into nuclear war hung constant over our heads, the pendulum of power sometimes swinging our way and sometimes back toward the Soviets. It was this race for superiority that led to the creation of this place, the most advanced nuclear antiballistic missile facility ever built. This is the Stanley Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in Nekoma, North Dakota. See more content like this at GhostsofNorthDa...

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@hostile177
@hostile177 7 лет назад
Thousands of years from now people will discover this and try to line it up with the sun, moon, constellations to figure out its mystical significance.
@AudiophileTubes
@AudiophileTubes 7 лет назад
LOL! Very good!
@BluRey100
@BluRey100 7 лет назад
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@KevinP32270
@KevinP32270 6 лет назад
LOLOL
@guytypeperson
@guytypeperson 6 лет назад
Probably not. These thin walled concrete and re-bar constructions will decay and crumble in a matter of a few hundred years. The faster something goes up, the faster it comes down. At best, it will be like Stonehenge or some long dead middle-eastern city burred in the sand. They might find the foundations/remains when excavating, but that pyramid is going to collapse under it's own wight in a few dozen decades without constant maintenance.
@goofyleo3869
@goofyleo3869 5 лет назад
@@guytypeperson did you say 'THIN walled'?!? These things are FEET thick, with rebar the thickness of your wrist. These will be around for a thousand years, easy-peasy, unless they are demolished by man for some unknown reason.
@jenh2797
@jenh2797 3 года назад
This base has played a big role in my family. My dad was stationed there while it was being built and my mom was a civilian working on base. That is how they met. They still live near the base and my uncle was the caretaker of the base for several years after it closed.
@adamrichter1143
@adamrichter1143 2 года назад
What kind of tasks did your uncle perform as the caretaker? Did you ever get to tag along with him inside?
@marlonquintana3466
@marlonquintana3466 2 года назад
Woah 😳
@Minie1987
@Minie1987 2 года назад
Awesome! We drove by there a couple years ago. We seen some activity but we weren’t sure if they were civilians or what..
@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP 6 месяцев назад
That's crazy! Hearing stories like that makes me glad this place could serve more of a purpose, even if it didn't stay in operation for that long.
@solarmax9299
@solarmax9299 2 года назад
I worked inside MSR (pyramid) for a little over 3 years building the klystron power supplies, phased array and computer systems. Western Electric built or installed what Bell Labs and Raytheon designed. Most of the equipment was reclaimed as scrap and the death was due to a workman cutting some of the structure where he shouldn’t have. PAR is still active tracking space junk among other things. We had a reunion back there at PAR and took a bus/walking trip back to MSR. Interior would be very hazardous due to instability of floor structure, water and atmosphere. I was a young tech at the time and I often think of my time there.
@8WoodMACNIFTY
@8WoodMACNIFTY 10 месяцев назад
Thanks for your story. I'm interested in the power supplies. Is there anyway this is similar to the Alaskan Haarp? It's on the same technologies and principles. One detects, one pushes. How much current / voltage to power the large radar? I'm interested in the construction of the detection device.
@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP 6 месяцев назад
That's cool, and can't I believe this place was decommissioned so soon after it became operational. I'm sorry what you built didn't get to operate for longer.
@solarmax9299
@solarmax9299 6 месяцев назад
Yes, we were disappointed. Most ofus that built it were home by the time we found out. I was there until pretty much the end. I worked on the MSR targeting and control system and the PAR early warning system, making changes to logic systems. The computers used integrated circuits (very low density I might add) and the interconnections were wire wrap. I would do the mods at night and they would test during the day. I'm proud to say the PAR system and the computers I worked on are still in use (Space Command) and reliable after all this time. I talked the the men and women who use the PAR system during a reunion. The whole system was heavily built and engineered.@@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP 6 месяцев назад
@@solarmax9299 The fact that you modified things by hand and the system is still in use today is incredible! I plan to read up on this whole place in the coming days, assuming I have free time between work and family. I've got a long way to go, as I'm still just learning the TLAs.
@billn9910
@billn9910 4 года назад
I was an Air Force launch officer at the time stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base North Dakota. I remember passing this site numerous times enroute to our Minuteman missile sites. I also remember it being operational for only one day before funding was pulled. Another stupid Congressional caper - build it, make it operational, then close it immediately. Part of the incoming radar facility at Cavalier, North Dakota remained open and is still open today. The family housing from the Nekoma site was removed and sent to Grand Forks AFB where it served for several years before being torn down completely. It was pretty crappy housing.
@JG-mp5nb
@JG-mp5nb 2 года назад
It was never anything more than a Strategic Arms bargaining chip, with any money spent considered well worth the cost for lowering the nuclear threat level. Which of course was the whole idea behind MAD, raise the stakes when we knew the Soviets simply couldn’t afford the next technological leap in the MAD “game”. They agreed and we DC’D IT.
@Minie1987
@Minie1987 2 года назад
Thank you for service Sir!!
@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP 6 месяцев назад
Thank you for your service as well! That still blows my mind that it was only fully operational for one day. Was it clear beforehand that Congress was going to scrap it, or did that decision more or less come out of the blue?
@johnmcmillen5391
@johnmcmillen5391 5 лет назад
My dad and uncle were the masonry contractors on that project. They were not ready for the very cold winters there as we were from Washington state at the time. The government built a few bases of this sort knowing we would use them as pawns to shutdown in the SALT talks mentioned in this video. They were mothballing this project as it was being built. We lived in Langdon, then later at an old abandoned farm in the middle of nowhere. Was the flattest state I've ever been in.
@villascanyoncreek4342
@villascanyoncreek4342 6 лет назад
I was in the US Army on active duty from 1972 to 1974 and worked for the Safeguard System Evaluation Agency (SAFSEA) at White Sands Missile Range, NM. Our mission was to test the system (MSR and Perimeter Access Radar (PAR)). I was present during simulations of ICBM attacks at testing facilities at Bell Labs in New Jersey. Let's just say that the system was still being developed during the time I worked there, and, like all systems under development, it had rough spots. I was a computer programmer working on analyses of the test results. It's eery to see actual photos and video of the MSR site. I never got there. I'm 67 and am going to add this site to my bucket list. I also saw where the PAR is till in operation.
@Mike_to_the_k
@Mike_to_the_k 3 года назад
Man I'd love to have a beer with you and just listen to your stories.
@stevenboddy1088
@stevenboddy1088 3 года назад
You didn't spell analysis right.
@spoolin55psi
@spoolin55psi 2 года назад
B4 covid they were doing tours of this place. I just did job there on some of the infrastructure pretty cool to see
@hunterhunter3827
@hunterhunter3827 2 года назад
@@stevenboddy1088 Thanks "Karen".
@robertrosser8419
@robertrosser8419 2 года назад
Which Bell Labs did you work out of?
@StephenBorchert
@StephenBorchert 6 лет назад
A perfect voice for narrating Cold War videos. Well done.
@eden20111
@eden20111 2 года назад
Fallout 4 brought me here. There’s a location in the Glowing Sea called Sentinel Site. It’s where the military housed all their ballistic missiles. The Chinese were actually aiming for that Sentinel Site, it’s why the crater is so close by.
@JohnDoe-jb5ko
@JohnDoe-jb5ko Год назад
I've been to North Dakota and lived there. I'm from NJ, so I'm one of the oddest people to ever go there. However, during the summer, North Dakota is by far one of the most absolute beautiful places to go. Looking at the skies in the fields is amazing.
@benlyons7752
@benlyons7752 4 года назад
Thanks for taking the time to shoot this. I’ve never even heard of this place before today.
@stevenmerlock9971
@stevenmerlock9971 2 года назад
The Sprint missile was most impressive. It was so fast the weapons almost melted in flight. I wanted this facility until I discovered the cleaning as nip costs.
@wildman9922
@wildman9922 2 года назад
Cleaning as nip costs????
@stevenmerlock9971
@stevenmerlock9971 2 года назад
@ Wildman99 a form of remediation, where land is returned to pre military status. Each tube had antifreeze and toxic chemicals the cost was more than the original building project.
@hcrun
@hcrun 7 лет назад
A well-produced short documentary and most interesting. Thanks, Troy.
@heathg2681
@heathg2681 4 года назад
They need to re do the place and get the radars back online and get everything operational again.
@AnchorFTW
@AnchorFTW 8 лет назад
I grew up less than a mile from this structure. I'd never seen the pictures of the inside though. Great video!
@outsomewhereventuring9364
@outsomewhereventuring9364 2 года назад
ive seen some pictures from the inside it looks super cool inside
@jcee2259
@jcee2259 Год назад
Human lifetimes are always more complicated than we commonly imagine.
@BrooksterMax
@BrooksterMax 2 года назад
I didn’t know that some ballistic missile defences also involved firing nuclear weapons back at them. Interesting video.
@heintmeyer2296
@heintmeyer2296 2 года назад
yep, if it had worked as planned (highly doubtful) the fallout still would have been deadly to vast parts of the nation
@johnmurdock3471
@johnmurdock3471 2 года назад
Actually, over 80% of the US Army Nike Hercules air defense missiles had nuclear warheads, also. The US Air Force Bomarc air defense missiles were also nuclear armed, as well. The earlier Nike Ajax only had a conventional explosive warhead. There were two issues with a conventional warhead: it could usually only take out 1 incoming bomber--versus likely several bombers in a formation for a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead, and it was not likely to destroy the 5 megaton bomb being carried by the bomber. The 20 kiloton warhead on a Nike Hercules or Bomarc was much more likely to destroy the already armed 5 megaton bomb. I'd rather have the fallout from a 20 kiloton warhead that explodes at 30,000 feet, some miles away from the intended target (city?) versus the fallout from a 5 megaton warhead that detonates a couple of thousand feet directly over the target. It is simply the lesser of two evils.
@greezyhammer764
@greezyhammer764 2 года назад
U.S.: Starts to build an actual nuclear defense. Soviets: Bro, you MAD?
@gt1man931
@gt1man931 2 года назад
We still live under the same threat. Also, we were way ahead of the ussr through the entire cold war and still are way ahead of russia, we just didn't know it back then. Of course not that it matters, a nuclear exchange now as then still ends us.
@aquilarossa5191
@aquilarossa5191 5 лет назад
I wonder if in the distant future documentary channels will have ridiculous shows telling us this structure was built by ancient aliens?
@francoismorin8721
@francoismorin8721 7 лет назад
I would love to see the inside of that complex.
@hanktorrance6855
@hanktorrance6855 4 года назад
François Morin I agree, but based on what I've seen of other sites, the government savages the sites before sale, or if not they are bought at auctions and salvaged, then resold, either case leaving a mess of wrecked construction and often flooding. No concern for appearances when salvaging, it's ripped out and cut up.
@billn9910
@billn9910 4 года назад
The site has been gutted. The Army (it was an Army site) issued contract that stipulated the contractor would remove all the equipment the Army wanted to keep and then had a set number of days to salvage anything else the contractor wanted but the site had to still be closeable. It is pretty well gutted out now.
@hanktorrance6855
@hanktorrance6855 4 года назад
Bill N I can believe that...it's probably more of a mess at this point, because those salvage removals are not geared towards leaving the place habitable, beyond as you say closeable.
@coryhoffarth2540
@coryhoffarth2540 4 года назад
It’s off limits to the general public, but special event tours are allowed sometimes. There really isn’t much left to see inside the pyramid, but it is neat to see the vast concrete tunnels that run under the base. The office other buildings on site don’t have anything in them, but it’s just like someone turned the lights off in 1976 and walked away. There is a remote sprint launch site that is privately owned that offers tours of its site during the summer, also pretty interesting.
@koryguns
@koryguns 4 года назад
There used to be a virtual tour online somewhere. Maybe even Ghosts of North Dakota had it
@539Productions
@539Productions 8 лет назад
It does have a very eerie look sticking out in the countryside like that! Would be fascinating to see what is left inside!
@dave_in_florida
@dave_in_florida 2 года назад
great music too!
@octodinosaur2419
@octodinosaur2419 8 лет назад
this is in fallout 4, in the glowing sea
@skulez9982
@skulez9982 8 лет назад
Yep
@blackhawks81H
@blackhawks81H 8 лет назад
Yeah that's the real life inspiration for the sentinel site. The difference is, in fallout it was actually a missile site with nukes to be launched during a war. In real life the site was only a radar facility. It looks incredibly eerie though, which makes it awesome to find in the game.
@pecker556
@pecker556 7 лет назад
Not only a radar facility. The Safequard Complex had a missile field of Sprint and Spartan missiles, both of which ARE nuclear missiles, located immediatly adjacent to the pyramid. The Safe Guard Complex also controlled the Remote Sprint Launchers, 4 of them, each about 25 miles away. All launching had to be done from the SafeGuard complex, the personnel at the RSL sites were security / maintenance of the systems.
@brettlittle4606
@brettlittle4606 7 лет назад
its also in real life
@majik5194
@majik5194 5 лет назад
Real life one is way way creepier imo
@noeleckroth6907
@noeleckroth6907 6 месяцев назад
Enjoyed this video so much that I'm using it for my US History class in Wahpeton ND. Great pics, narration and production! Thanks!
@DonB.-Mulefivefive
@DonB.-Mulefivefive 7 лет назад
Excellently done!! Historical to a tee. Very interesting area that part of the world. They really don't like it when you pose questions but they are well behaved in responding.
@gordonmorrow4720
@gordonmorrow4720 3 года назад
This is a very fine video production, Troy. Really interesting, too. Well done. I like to imagine myself being there with you and your partner-in-crime. I’d be wearing one of those high visibility safety vests with pizza money in my pocket ready to appease the angry person who confronted you… I bet you are skilled at reassuring angry people.Thanks for a great arm-chair adventure!
@brailwolf
@brailwolf 5 лет назад
I'm currently doing research on this facility learning a lot too. The deal to buy the place and turn in into a historical site is a no go . There's a man fighting a losing battle trying to pump out the water coming into the pyramid itself every night . Do not go into the pyramid it too dangerous one man has fallen 65 feet to the bottom and was killed . The owners don't like trespassers and I don't blame them ,, too many people have already done major damage to the facility . So security is down right hostile towards trespassers.
@8WoodMACNIFTY
@8WoodMACNIFTY 10 месяцев назад
Imagine how much power has to run through that radar to be that big!!! Damn. DirecTV
@user-de9gq8sc8t
@user-de9gq8sc8t 11 месяцев назад
Awesome video. Short . straight to the point. . Great pics and narrator
@tomdooley3522
@tomdooley3522 2 года назад
Two of the missile men got in a fight over a woman at home one shot the other , it was the only murder at home I ever heard of.
@camaroiowaguy23
@camaroiowaguy23 7 лет назад
anyone else here because this installation is featured in fallout 4?
@albertvonschultz9137
@albertvonschultz9137 2 года назад
Too bad the property owner wouldn't let you take more photos especially on the inside of the facility. If I would own something like that I would have been honored to have you guys take photos and publish them
@bendeleted9155
@bendeleted9155 6 лет назад
Thanks for posting this. I believe there is also a ballistic missile base that is preserved up that direction.
@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP 6 месяцев назад
Man that pyramid is pretty liminal. I feel like it could be an "images you've seen in your dreams" example. Either way, I just learned about the existence of the Mickelson Safeguard Complex today, and it blew my mind!
@silverdoggg
@silverdoggg 5 лет назад
Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it
@AB-sy9tf
@AB-sy9tf 5 лет назад
Thanks for sharing these photos of a most unusual area...
@majik5194
@majik5194 3 года назад
I've driven by the pyramid a couple times. Seeing it in the distance always creeps me tf out. So ominous
@skyevince
@skyevince 2 года назад
Especially since the pyramid is missing it's capstone it reminds me of the one in Giza Egypt when seeing it.
@jefffrancisco2788
@jefffrancisco2788 7 лет назад
One more note, there is a Nike launcher in Vernon Hills, IL. that is getting restored, they have electrical power, and an elevator. The silo is in the Waste treatment parking lot by the High School.
@markdanielczyk944
@markdanielczyk944 8 месяцев назад
Cool! There also used to be a military installation Lake-Cook Rd. at R.T.12.
@danelder6846
@danelder6846 Месяц назад
The Nike system had no silos. Nike had missile storage magazines.
@stephenbachman132
@stephenbachman132 2 года назад
Its weird they were angry at you entering the site with no gates closed what did they expect. Also the grass was obviously cut. Strange.
@tealeaflist
@tealeaflist 7 лет назад
Dang Fine Piece of Documentary, Troy. Five Stars.
@andrewbacon7042
@andrewbacon7042 6 лет назад
This is not a icbm silo.its a Anti Ballistic Missile (ABM) base 4 radar allow it to see in all directions instead of turning and back then motors weren't that fast,and EVERY SECOND COUNTS because when the warhead exits orbit it can reach mach 10 (10 times the speed of sound) so abm missiles half to hit the ICBM after launch or in orbit.
@weedeater62
@weedeater62 3 года назад
That's also why they used nukes. You didn't have to hit them directly, just upset their trajectory.
@josephkanowitz6875
@josephkanowitz6875 Год назад
ב''ה, mechanical transmissions existed, so a mechanically steered array could have been used if there was a reason to. Many reasons for this design, but an early example of a fairly solid-state phased array, as is now used for beam forming in your 802.11ac wifi, 5G telephone networks etc. The common comparison is to the well-publicized Russian Duga that also didn't need to steer mechanically because the shortest missile paths for a land-based US-USSR exchange - really a financial 'world game' as Buckminster Fuller analyzed for us all - were known to be circumpolar. Perhaps sea and air (or space) options could have done enough damage and shortcut the entire thing. Anyway, if G-d had allowed us to have that exchange we wouldn't have to worry about whether Amazon, Walmart, Exxon, Lukoil or Mexico's petroleum monopoly controls more weapons now.
@punman5392
@punman5392 7 лет назад
What are those towers in front of the pyramid radar? They don't look like silos for missiles.
@Gj23jk2
@Gj23jk2 7 лет назад
They're hardened intake and exhaust stacks for the underground power plant. The radar used a colossal amount of power and obviously needed to make it all itself. But the facility is also supposed to be hardened against nuclear attack, so they needed to put the generators underground and armor the above-ground pipes.
@markperry8720
@markperry8720 8 лет назад
Very good Troy Wish I could get in there one day!
@GhostsofNorthDakota
@GhostsofNorthDakota 8 лет назад
Thank you, Mark! Love your coverage on this place too. And thank you for the book orders!
@nd-idiots1801
@nd-idiots1801 6 лет назад
Ive been in there bruv
@scottfirman
@scottfirman 6 лет назад
The last thing I would do is drive all the way out there to visit a rusting derilect and deal with an angry owner
@thejewishredneckprepper4675
@thejewishredneckprepper4675 3 года назад
A decommissioned Hutterite Nuke base. Ok that puts a new meaning to the word oxymoron.
@007REAPER007
@007REAPER007 5 лет назад
years of sci-fi movies and X-Files make me say something else is going on there :P
@Chris.Davies
@Chris.Davies 2 года назад
Pretty nice lawns for an abandoned location.
@Tiisiphone
@Tiisiphone 7 лет назад
Such an eerie place.
@cynthiaklenk6313
@cynthiaklenk6313 6 лет назад
My older brother (now deceased from Agent Orange) was in missiles (SAC) at Minot AFB - the AF sent him from Minot (in the middle of winter) to Tan son Nhut AB S. Vietnam - Why not Minot? Freezn's the reason!!
@rcarraturo
@rcarraturo 5 лет назад
Cynthia Klenk. I was at minot 88 to 90 then went to barksdale 90 to 94. I'm sorry for your loss of your brother
@dnhug
@dnhug 6 лет назад
Great video man. Thumbs up
@BasedBidoof
@BasedBidoof 3 года назад
Cool. I like that you went into detail about the sign, not many people seem to care about that type of stuff anymore
@oldfordcarsandtrucks
@oldfordcarsandtrucks 7 лет назад
two such sites a few miles apart Mountain and Necoma. Necoma is under consideration for unmanned aerial aircraft in conjunction with UND and the Federal government... the government still owns it and Mountain is in use still
@johnpaulmakowski7464
@johnpaulmakowski7464 2 года назад
There were more than just two abm sites. Chicago had several on the lakefront and in the surrounding burbs.
@craigregan1102
@craigregan1102 6 лет назад
Grew up there. Played on a summer baseball league on base. Family worked inside the pirimid too. The Base was quite the buzz in town and the life blood of Nekoma in the day. Great times to grow up around
@jeffmacdougall9190
@jeffmacdougall9190 7 лет назад
good ol inspiration for the game Missile Command ? lol. This video is amazing. great work.
@robertbolding4182
@robertbolding4182 2 года назад
odds of a Russian first strike 3 percent, odds of getting killed in a false alarm 97 percent . we made a wrong move.
@michaelwalters7333
@michaelwalters7333 5 лет назад
Should've shut that light off
@nonamebill7421
@nonamebill7421 2 года назад
I thoroughly enjoyed that, I'm form the UK and have never really considered visiting North Dakota. But I enjoyed this video so much, you have a new subscriber in me.
@twoZJs
@twoZJs 6 лет назад
At time 0:56 at the far end of the island console there are two Texas Instruments 'receive only' continuous wide 150 cps multi-copy page impact printers. We designed and developed, mass produced in mid '70s thru the '80s. There was a keyBd model avail too. The cases were poured alum. All designed in Houston. Is that West-German time on the wall right clock?
@Telephony954
@Telephony954 2 года назад
In the closing statements, there is a belief that we are no longer under the threat of a nuclear annihilation, I can't speak for others, but my fear of a nuclear annihilation never went away. I remember as a child in school, to get under the desk hide my head and shield my eyes. Do they still have those drills. Are the air raid sirens still tested, or do they just use the " WE INTERRUPT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM, THIS IS A TEST OF THE NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE"
@josephpadula2283
@josephpadula2283 Год назад
Joseph Padula 0 seconds ago Yes, we were afraid of getting nuked in 25 minutes by ICBMs. It was a real possibility. Today the have the kids all scared of a theory about global cooling (1980’s), global warming ((1990’s), climate change now.
@richielaue
@richielaue 2 года назад
I visited this location in the summer of 1988, and it WAS staffed and operational at that time.. very I was assigned at Grand Forks AFB as a missile facilities specialist in the 321st FMMS wing with a secret security clearance. This clearance allowed me onto this site, named Cavalier Air Force Station then. The radar was still active.
@Minie1987
@Minie1987 2 года назад
Thank you for your Service! 🇺🇸
@Dunwolfsean
@Dunwolfsean Год назад
🤔 the CAS is still in service, that site is just north of Mountain, ND. The site depicted in this video is in Nekoma, ND...nearly 20 miles to the west/southwest.
@FujisamaProductions
@FujisamaProductions 11 месяцев назад
@@Dunwolfsean it is very active. I am Stationed at cavalier "Space Force" Station. It's name changed and the US Space Force took over command.
@twesj
@twesj 2 года назад
A friend of mine actually bought a missile silo site near there. He uses it for paint ball and nerf wars
@systemcat80
@systemcat80 6 лет назад
Thank you for making this video. I'm writing a fictional story which uses the pyramid as an off and on setting. This helped getting a better mental vision feel of the place outside reading Wiki pages.
@MMBMagoo
@MMBMagoo 3 года назад
I bet it’s ass
@systemcat80
@systemcat80 3 года назад
@@MMBMagoo please explain.
@MMBMagoo
@MMBMagoo 3 года назад
@@systemcat80 your book
@systemcat80
@systemcat80 3 года назад
@@MMBMagoo thank you, it actually got awarded a Daily Deviant on DeviantArt. While this video did help with a mental visual to the place. The descriptions used towards it on appearance are mostly made up in the story ( like 99% ). If you're interested in reading an alternate universe fan fiction novel. Reading my story mentioned here. I could share a link if you want?
@michaelrhoadarmer7621
@michaelrhoadarmer7621 7 лет назад
Great job. You captured the feeling of the area very well. Scary just to think of the destructive power that was housed in those buildings. I wonder when the site was active if it was at high risk for a missile attack from Russia. I would think it would have been. Thanks again for another good one.
@genekelly8467
@genekelly8467 5 лет назад
Could be turned into a Cold-War Theme Park!
@larrymanning4180
@larrymanning4180 7 лет назад
worked at the mm3 site 3/4 of a mile south. never been in the piramid but have been on site a few times
@strangelyerect3047
@strangelyerect3047 6 лет назад
The guy with the white truck was there but he was wacking off in a tool closet!
@Starwarsgeek-98
@Starwarsgeek-98 6 лет назад
The current GMD (Ground base mid course defence) system is actually the most advanced missile defence system ever operated. Spartan missiles carry nukes in order to intercept missiles mean while GMD interceptors can actually hit a warhead in space
@SloaneLasers
@SloaneLasers 6 лет назад
A total of 44 interceptors are currently activated at a cost of over $40 billion. Even if every interceptor hit it's target, America would still be overwhelmed in a global nuclear conflict.
@Starwarsgeek-98
@Starwarsgeek-98 6 лет назад
Sloane100 yes it would But america would nuke the fuckers back
@kc5hgv
@kc5hgv 2 года назад
On the large pyramid structure was the newest Radar Array till this era. The Sovit Union's was using and older system on low band skipping signals off the upper atmosphere. Doing that if they would get a signal like a doppler shift reflection back that would indicate a US missile launch. I think they called it the Woodpecker signal.
@Bob-ln1jh
@Bob-ln1jh 2 года назад
We still do
@Bill23799
@Bill23799 7 лет назад
Thank you sir for taking the time and effort to do the research to make this presentation intersting. So many time we see a slide show of what appears to be interesting site but with no narration or text.
@Buck1954
@Buck1954 2 года назад
I was in High School during those years and we never knew.
@thortessem271
@thortessem271 10 месяцев назад
My first job was in Nekoma, ND 1975
@girl600podcast
@girl600podcast 6 лет назад
On the sofa watching this on tv. Husband likes it a lot. I knew he would.
@girl600podcast
@girl600podcast 6 лет назад
Great sound - pics - everything
@definitelyjustcj4148
@definitelyjustcj4148 2 года назад
Top comment said that thousands of years from now people will discover this and try to find and align its significance to the moon and stars and try to figure out why we built such structures. They'll say we tried to build these structures to discover the universe but little do they know that these structures were not built to expand our knowledge of humanity and life but to prevent us from our own human sins and to prevent or at least weaken the end of all humanity as we know it. How strange. Such grand and mysterious structures built to defend from an attack by our own race.
@rawls8114
@rawls8114 Год назад
My great grandpa helped build this
@the_road__warrior6185
@the_road__warrior6185 4 года назад
Be weary of rad scorpions, Deathclaws, Molerates, Bloat flies, Bloodbugs & last but not least, Everyone’s favorite, Feral Ghouls, When visiting said sentinel site.
@jacopobassanello3442
@jacopobassanello3442 7 лет назад
Great video! It's depressing how the US Administration can spend billions for a project on monday and close it down on tuesday. Those funds could be more useful on other projects, i.e. social ones, or health. Anyway thanks again!
@twotailedavenger
@twotailedavenger 4 года назад
Or worse, when they get it in their heads that a totally hopeless project is going to be successful. Like the F-35.
@davids.9834
@davids.9834 4 года назад
Interesting but the one thing I cant get out of my head is the absolute waste of tax payer money.
@masterxk
@masterxk 3 месяца назад
This is so eery that i can't believe it
@caldwellricheso6204
@caldwellricheso6204 2 года назад
Remember when we were kids the would have us hide under our desks and chairs at school what the hell would that have really done about a nuclear warhead landing beside your school. Ha ha
@girl600podcast
@girl600podcast 6 лет назад
Crazy pics.
@Trumprocks71
@Trumprocks71 8 лет назад
This is so cool you acquired photos. Never heard of this place.
@Don_ECHOguy
@Don_ECHOguy 6 месяцев назад
Yet illegally
@sockman-pc3dm
@sockman-pc3dm 2 года назад
Eventual shutdown isn't Oct. 1 1975 to oct. 2 1975 it was only operational for one day
@414RadioTech
@414RadioTech 5 лет назад
And now this property is up for sale
@4930driver
@4930driver 7 лет назад
So does the colony still own it ??
@northspack
@northspack 2 года назад
I know where I’m going during the pole shifts , Midwest deep underground military bases
@Ericstrains
@Ericstrains 3 года назад
Is the narration for this video done by a real person or one of those computer text-to-voice programs? Cool video
@gnosis7662
@gnosis7662 2 года назад
The world is a very different place today and nuclear war looms as a very real possibility once again. We may want to resurrect this abandoned base! A missile defense system is a must for every democracy that wants to survive a nuclear strike. Only Israel has a fully operational system.
@booklover6753
@booklover6753 2 года назад
The effectiveness of such a system would be problematic. Too many incoming MIRVs. Your sentiment is well taken though.
@dmitrylitvinov6915
@dmitrylitvinov6915 3 года назад
The Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) in Hermantown is located inside one of these buildings. Ah, good days as a young and naive grad student, good days... (
@Africanfrogs
@Africanfrogs 2 года назад
A similar complex was in the oaker mountains in Utah. A ton of empty mountains out there
@righteousred723
@righteousred723 3 года назад
Wow, look at all of that farming they're doing
@mikeray1642
@mikeray1642 8 лет назад
hey I like your videos ive watch all more than once wish you had for to view, keep up the good work
@GhostsofNorthDakota
@GhostsofNorthDakota 8 лет назад
Thanks. We'll be uploading more soon.
@brunowskijr
@brunowskijr 2 года назад
Do you still make videos?
@Boosted5ohs
@Boosted5ohs 2 года назад
Best video on youtube!
@jonmunch3298
@jonmunch3298 11 месяцев назад
The amount of money wasted by the DC clowns is disgusting
@machtenart3753
@machtenart3753 3 года назад
There are some really pretty skys in north Dakota wow
@evanh5483
@evanh5483 7 лет назад
Awesome video. Love the music
@sailingsolar2371
@sailingsolar2371 5 лет назад
Interesting how there are several large wind generators in view # or more. Also there are some high voltage power lines leading to the complex.
@coryhoffarth2540
@coryhoffarth2540 4 года назад
sailingsolar the wind turbines were added to the area as of recent. They don’t have anything to do with the site. It was powered by giant diesel electric generators and the grid.
@jefffrancisco2788
@jefffrancisco2788 7 лет назад
If you Google earth to Cavalier force station just east and north, you will see another pyramid type still in use.Still has an Atlas silo on the grounds.
6 лет назад
Cavalier does not have an Atlas silo. What you see in ND are Minuteman silos but they're not that close to the radar. The Cavalier radar system is still in use for air & space defense and satellite tracking. It can also spot orbiting space debris as small as baseball - some people say smaller but the USAF is not talking. If you're looking at the round thing just between Patrol road and the radar building, that's fuel storage in case they have to run on generators. That place has an on site 14 megawatt power plant.
@robertkat
@robertkat 2 года назад
Good old Minot. Good camping there.
@crazywarriorman
@crazywarriorman 7 лет назад
Great video that's very informing! Where is the structure pictured @ 1:40 and 2:23 located at? It's different from the pyramid one in Nekoma.
@alexg9137
@alexg9137 7 лет назад
Caviler AFS
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