MINECRAFT SILO WINDOWS

ABMs were designed to protect ICBM sites from attack by enemy missiles, in other words protecting our protectors. Mickelsen Safeguard complex in Nekoma, North Dakota: the only operational anti-ballistic missile (ABM) base ever completed and dating from the late 1960s. The oddly beautiful installation above is the Stanley R. Though they were built to last, missile silos and their associated infrastructure did require maintenance of the preventive variety.

MINECRAFT SILO WINDOWS

There are negatives, of course, that go beyond the lack of skylights, picture windows and kidney-shaped swimming pools.

(images via: Think Or Thwim and Artificial Owl) Home handyman types will find little to do besides changing light bulbs. Then there’s the feeling of security that comes with living in a structure built to withstand tornadoes, hailstorms, wildfires and the odd Soviet pre-emptive nuclear strike. Why would anyone want to live in an old missile silo? Let’s look at the positives, starting with the best construction work government money can buy.

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The best thing about living in a refurbished missile silo? Telling your kids, “You can’t fight in here, this is the war room!” Not all of these relics are destined for the ash heap of history, however, a precious few are taking on new life as post-apocalyptic family homes – without the apocalypse. Formerly spark plugs of the cold war, dozens of decades-old, decommissioned underground nuclear missile silos are slowly slipping into disrepair and decay.

Minecraft silo