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• TotalForge commented on The Pyramid of North Dakota
  SAFEGUARD was very much real life Missile Command. The pyramid was flanked by areas with rows and rows of missile silos. Further silos were placed a few miles away. That most of these missiles would have detonated over Canada might not have been discussed with the Canadians... The long-range Spartan missile would attempt interception outside the earth's atmosphere. If the Spartan failed to intercept the incoming missile, the high speed (but short range) Sprint missile would attempt an interception within the atmosphere. Both missiles used nuclear warheads... This video is a great overview of the system, with real footage starting...
• relentlesslyoptimistic commented on The Pyramid of North Dakota
  Ian Frazier wrote a short piece about this in his wonderful book, Great Plains. Use Look Inside, search for missile, then choose p88 to read the 1.5 page essay. That book was one of my top five favorite books, and that essay was one of my favorite essays from it. It's nice to finally see it....
• julesvern97 commented on The Pyramid of North Dakota
  I lived near that pyramid. I wrote about it here, with some photos. They let people walk around it a few years back. There's another similar large pyramid/radar device near Cavalier, ND that's still in use. My family also now owns a missile site that was on our land for years. Never gave the strangeness of either site much thought, since they've always been there. Protests were common during the building of the missile sites, and you'll still see the evergreen trees planted by protesters by the road near the driveway to the sites. People are always curious about the...
• Kelroy J Stone commented on The Pyramid of North Dakota
  My family lived in Nekoma in 1972 & 73. My parents contracted to clean the MSR base. As a child I had no idea what it was. I went to school in Nekoma and I met some great people from the MSR base. When it was dismantled, my folks rec'd a computer circuit board as a reminder. It's weird that I was totally un-aware of the impact of what was really going on. It was just another job site for my family. I spent the night at a slumber party on that base. I still remember the girls name, Jackie...
• Takuan commented on The Pyramid of North Dakota
  (more Masonic infiltrators!)...