Inside Cheyenne Mountain.

From: Soldiers Magazine | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Gregory, Lisa | Copyright information

THE 25-ton steel blast doors of the world's largest command-and-control center--Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center--closed after the warning siren sounded. This time the doors closed as part of a monthly drill. On Sept. 11, 2001, those same doors closed indefinitely as a result of threats against the United States.

What began in 1956 as an idea for a "hardened" command and control center to defend against Soviet bombers became a reality in 1961 as construction began on ...

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