The silo hasn’t gotten much use since it was decommissioned, but it’s outfitted with security cameras and plenty of warning signs (though not enough to keep out trespassers, of which there are a few dozen a year). It’s being sold by a rancher named Grant Wilson who inherited the property from his father, who purchased it from the U.S. One of the silos is located on Arizona State Route 77. In a recent article, the Tucson Star gave an up close and personal look at the two decommissioned silos that are currently on the market for $495,000 each. Up until the early 1980s, these sites were manned 24 hours a day and ready to launch a response to a nuclear attack at a moment’s notice. During the Cold War and in the years afterwards, 18 of these missile silos were built in Arizona, mostly in the area around Tucson. Missile silos are underground bunkers that were built to implement - and withstand - atomic blasts. *** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from flyingpenguin authored by Davi Ottenheimer.The Cold War was a long time ago, but relics of the past still remain - and in Arizona, you can actually buy them. Zillow also tells us that a four bedroom house in this region today could cost as little as $100K, suggesting such a price tag has more to do with someone in Manhattan finding loopholes and playing financial games than actually trying to sell a property. Four silos were also destroyed by their Atlas F exploding underground. The Atlas F launch rate of success was not great (Success/Fail: 53/17) and two even “ fell back onto the pad at liftoff“. are in this region of Kansas, infamously making it into Cold War jokes about “ground zero” areas for nuclear attack despite being depopulated. Twelve other “SM-65F” (Atlas F) sites for these initial intercontinental ballistic missiles developed by the U.S. Crews were on alert for 24 hours, with a new crew departing the main base each morning to replace the crew on duty. Lack of accommodations for five men living underground is likely related to how shifts were operated.Ĭrews included two officers and three enlisted members, a missile maintenance, ballistic missile analyst and power production technician. The front door is easy to find and very inviting. Tax is allegedly only $1,753/year, which seems somehow wrong considering what taxpayers put into the construction costs ($12.8 million - equivalent to over $100 million in 2022) for 550th SMS, Schilling AFB, Operational Site 2, even though it was decommissioned within five years (when LGM-30 Minuteman missiles made them obsolete). It may be linked to some kind of weird Wall Street hi-jinks, since it was “listed” by someone in Manhattan, NY on December 27th, 2021 for $380K, then sold January 25th, 2022 and immediately re-listed for $380K again.
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If you want something offering security and uniqueness, then this property is for you.Īll of this rusting and leaky mess built by 1961 (no bedroom and just one bathroom, built to withstand nuclear attack) at 2432 Fair Rd, Abilene, KS 67410 can be yours for a measly $380K. A home, apartments or a Bed and Breakfast are just some ideas. This facility has lots of potential in whatever way you choose to go. and a one room building for office or storage. Also on the property is a 4,000 square foot Quonset building with water, sewer and electricity. The main missile silo is located at a depth of 170 feet. This area was used for the Launch control center and living quarters for the crew.
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There is 6,900 square feet in the complex with the upper two levels consisting of approximately 1,200 feet of space. The underground complex was designed to withstand a nuclear strike and has water, electricity and a forced sewage system to the ground surface. A 7,000 square foot missile silo under wide-open acreage in rural Abiline, Kansas (near the childhood home of President Eisenhower, and just north of Eisenhower Highway 40 - Interstate 70) is up for sale on Zillow.īuilt on 11 acres of land, this property is home to a decommissioned Atlas F missile silo complex.