General Pain 06-04-2008, 01:24 AM only in america....
http://thinkorthwim.com/2007/10/08/f...-missile-silo/
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Poor Merchant 06-04-2008, 05:14 AM Actually this one in the Adirondacks appealed rather more to me:
http://www.silohome.com/index.htm
It would make a great wine cellar!
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Raellus 06-04-2008, 02:33 PM At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I live about two miles from a old Titan missile silo. It was imploded and poured over with concrete long ago but the main road out here is still called "Missile Base" road.
There's another one about 10 miles away that was bought and coverted to a subterranian house back in the 70s or 80s.
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Poor Merchant 06-05-2008, 05:51 AM Given that most of them seem to have flooded over the years I shudder to think how much it would cost for a firm to come in and tank one of these things. Although my wife knows I lust after a house with a large basement I think she might decide I had lost my marbles if I announced I had bought one of these.
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Neal5x5 06-05-2008, 11:31 AM The Russians do know that the silos aren't active, right? If not, that's a pretty big caveat to put in a mortgage application. "Note: property may be targetted with multiple megaton nuclear warheads. Could also use another coat of paint."
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Raellus 06-05-2008, 05:22 PM The Russians do know that the silos aren't active, right? If not, that's a pretty big caveat to put in a mortgage application. "Note: property may be targetted with multiple megaton nuclear warheads. Could also use another coat of paint."
Yeah! I really hope that the Ruskies (or Ukranians or whoever has the keys) remembered to retarget all of their hundreds of ICBMs. Assuming each missile has several MRVs, I can just imagine some overworked, underpayed conscript missile tech overlooking the one aimed at my back yard...
At least it'll be quick.
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