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USA puts Cheyenne Mountain in standby

Washington, USA - The bunker in Colorado has been the symbol of Cold War

The Pentagon has decided to put the NORAD command centre in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, in "Warm standby" status, progressively transferring most of its operations to the near Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy ordered excavations in the mountain to create a bunker 600 meters under the rocks and prevent the menace of Russian atomic bomb this way. Now the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 146027
Rome, Italy, 07/31/2006 17:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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