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September 23, 2014

This state's 9 old missile silos no longer hold bombs but their new uses may surprise you

  • One near Deer Park Airport is used by Northwest Energetic Services, a company that provides explosives for construction projects. Another holds the owner's records of his UFO research.
    • By TOM SOWA
    The Spokesman-Review

    SPOKANE — Back in 1961 the U.S. Air Force, without any attempt at secrecy or stealth, hauled nine long-range ballistic missiles by truck from California to Eastern Washington.

    The trucks carried 82-foot-long Atlas E missiles that ended up parked inside heavily reinforced underground sites. Each missile was later armed with a 4-megaton nuclear bomb, ready to be launched.


     
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