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Old 07-01-2017, 03:41 PM
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One of the basic premises of Prime Base is that it needs to be in the middle of no place. How about this instead: The base is someplace that is nearly certain to be nuked, but just a little bit. The idea is that the base will be kept secret after the war because it will be in a dead zone. Now that means the post war recording stuff will need to be far off and still somewhat connected.

It frees up a lot of terrain for the base. You just need to make sure there are no targets that would best be serviced with either a REALLY big nuke, or one that is designed to burrow.

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Old 07-01-2017, 03:52 PM
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Only problem I see, is the underground construction of Prime. That's going to attract attention from the KGB/GRU just as a matter of curiosity, placing near a possible nuke target would make it highly likely that they would task a recon sat...just to make sure that the evil Americans are not building something new to attack the peace-loving Soviets...

This simply means that a very convincing cover story will be needed.
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Old 07-01-2017, 05:33 PM
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Stick it under something deep and abandoned already. Have the project buy the old mine and 'explore' further developments. Present 'salted' core samples to prove to the outside world its viability and go from there.

I don't know diddly about mining so what would constitute an already deep mine. But, your post got me thinking about piggy-backing under an existing hard area. How about all that deep nickle in the Sudbury area? Even if the USSR decides to dig and immediately refine some using project plowshareski I assume that is a very deep and probably hard target to penetrate. Just thinking out loud.
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Old 07-01-2017, 06:02 PM
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If the Project digs its big hole in the 1960s and 1970s the KGB will be hard pressed to find it or at least to determine its purpose and target it. They don't have a lot of intel and also will be hard pressed to sort through the simply HUGE number of AEC sites that dotted the landscape during that period. The DOE Legacy Management Office https://energy.gov/lm/sites has a long list of AEC sites that existed during the period. For example the Mound site in Miamisburg, Ohio had a large underground building http://www.mound.com/~gmgreg/pdfs/ne...l-building.pdf. There were also a number of shelters and other underground structures constructed by FEMA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presid...gency_Facility. This only lists the PEF around DC, but doesn't state much about other facilities that must be scattered across the country. http://www.coldwar-c4i.net/PEF/presi..._network_2.pdf

That doesn't even include all the other underground projects that existed during that time.

The issue for the Soviets would be how many warheads do they have versus how many targets would need to be serviced. If the site didn't look like a great target they might run out of warheads before they get that far down the list. The lack of activity around the site and the continuing lack of any other intel might just push the site down more and more.

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Old 07-02-2017, 05:33 PM
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I am more inclined to move Prime Base to something more central to the U.S.

If it is the National level HQ and needs to be far (relatively) from nuclear attack

Eastern Montana, Western Wyoming, Northern Colorado, Northern New Mexico, Eastern Oklahoma, and Western Missouri seem to be better situated than Northern Nevada.

Easier to splice one self into the existing AT&T and Defense Switched Network post attack.
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Western Missouri will still get hit. Even if the missile fields get deactivated Kansas City will get nuked and Whiteman air force base being a bomber base will still take several nukes. Kansas City has a DOE weapons facility. Additionally K. C. is strangely flush in government agencies. It is the Region VII headquarters for just about every major Federal agency (EPA and such).

Rumor has it that KC is a designated backup to DC if the capital should have an issue.

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Western Missouri will still get hit. Even if the missile fields get deactivated Kansas City will get nuked and Whiteman air force base being a bomber base will still take several nukes. Kansas City has a DOE weapons facility. Additionally K. C. is strangely flush in government agencies. It is the Region VII headquarters for just about every major Federal agency (EPA and such).

Rumor has it that KC is a designated backup to DC if the capital should have an issue.

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Prime Base in it's current location is under the fallout patterns for Sierra Army Depot, Fallon Naval Air Station, Reno NV, Carson NV, and Sacramento California. Not really in an ideal location right now.
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I am more inclined to move Prime Base to something more central to the U.S.

If it is the National level HQ and needs to be far (relatively) from nuclear attack

Eastern Montana, Western Wyoming, Northern Colorado, Northern New Mexico, Eastern Oklahoma, and Western Missouri seem to be better situated than Northern Nevada.

Easier to splice one self into the existing AT&T and Defense Switched Network post attack.
So we would have badges, bikers, breeders, children of the night, frozen chosen, inquisitors,slavers, just to name a few.... Hmmmm, possibilities!
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So we would have badges, bikers, breeders, children of the night, frozen chosen, inquisitors,slavers, just to name a few.... Hmmmm, possibilities!
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