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- According to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, six abandoned Cold War-era missile silos are hidden beneath the crust of the Centennial State: four are located in Aurora, one in Deer Trail, and another one in Elizabeth.
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Nov 19, 2021 · According to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, six abandoned Cold War-era missile silos are hidden beneath the crust of the Centennial State: four are located in Aurora, one in Deer Trail, and another one in Elizabeth.
The 98-foot-long, two-stage missile was fueled by kerosene (RP-1 fuel) and liquid oxygen, and was designed to carry nuclear warheads. There are six former Titan I missile complexes in Colorado. Four (1A, 1B, 1C and 2A) are located on the Former Lowry Bombing and Gunnery Range (FLBGR) east of Aurora.
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The site featured here, 2B, is right off of Interstate 70, about midway between Denverand a lovely oasis located in the middle of nowhere called Limon. You've probably driven this stretch of interstate countless times.
This particular location is one of six former Titan I missile complexes in Colorado. According to Colorado.gov, four structures, designated as 1A, 1B, 1C, and 2A, are located on the Former Lowry Bombing and Gunnery Range east of Aurora, Colorado. Another, designated 2C, can be found south of Elizabeth, Colorado. Lastly, you have the site shown abov...
According to Colorado.gov, "The Titan I was one of the first strategic, intercontinental ballistic missiles developed by the United States. The 98-foot-long, two-stage missile was fueled by kerosene (RP-1 fuel) and liquid oxygen, and was designed to carry nuclear warheads."
The video above was recorded during three different visits to the site. According to Lofi Urbex, the party responsible for the video, "The owners are known to call the police, so be careful."One part of this structure was still operational roughly 20 years ago. An elevator remained in service and was used to remove salvageable equipment.The place is "incredibly dangerous." You're likely to encounter "huge sudden drops."You're likely to run into other explorers.The sites were decommissioned and the missiles were removed clear back in 1965. The facilities now belong to public and private owners.
It should come as no surprise these sites did bring up a few concerns regarding environmental issues. During the fall of 2009, Site Inspection fieldwork was completed at Complex 2B. The only issue noted involved polychlorinated biphenyls, a.k.a. PCBs, in the lagoon wastes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removed the impacted soils. Directly below ...
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May 18, 2016 · The Titan missile bases were dispersed between six squadrons in five states, including two squadrons in Colorado. Each squadron was then deployed in a 3x3 pattern, that is, three bases each with three missiles/silos.
- Meg Archer
Oct 20, 2020 · Map showing the areas of the six Minuteman Missile wings on the central and northern Great Plains. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile wings.
Hidden beneath the crust of the Centennial State, six former Titan I missile complexes remain in Colorado: four are located on the former Lowry Bombing and Gunnery Range east of Aurora (near Denver); one near the town of Deer Trail (around 45-minutes from Denver); and another just south of the town Elizabeth.
