The Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker is a Cold War hardened installation with NORAD centers and associated computer systems in warm standby such as the Alternate Command Center for the nearby Peterson AFB NORAD-NORTHCOM Command Center. Built after more than 11 previous US command bunkers (e.g., 1953 Raven Rock & 1960 Ft MacArthur DC), Cheyenne Mountain was designed for a 30 megaton nuclear explosion within . The bunker is tunneled within part of a spur of the Cheyenne Mountain massif at the Rocky Mountains' eastern "Front Range". The bunker's standby centers are controlled by a NORAD division, and support services are provided by Air Force Space Command's 721st Mission Support Group.
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| - The Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker is a Cold War hardened installation with NORAD centers and associated computer systems in warm standby such as the Alternate Command Center for the nearby Peterson AFB NORAD-NORTHCOM Command Center. Built after more than 11 previous US command bunkers (e.g., 1953 Raven Rock & 1960 Ft MacArthur DC), Cheyenne Mountain was designed for a 30 megaton nuclear explosion within . The bunker is tunneled within part of a spur of the Cheyenne Mountain massif at the Rocky Mountains' eastern "Front Range". The bunker's standby centers are controlled by a NORAD division, and support services are provided by Air Force Space Command's 721st Mission Support Group.
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| - Beyond the parking area excavation through the bunker's North tunnel entrance , the bunker's Access Tunnel extends to the South opening at the end of an access road . The bunker has an Exhaust outlet , and NORAD Road has a CO 115 interchange on the west side of Fort Carson. The foreground is now a southern subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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| - colloq. ''Cheyenne Mountain, NORAD cave, NORAD, etc.
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- • side tunnels to the main chambers and the support area,
- : Cheyenne Mountain Directorate
- • Access Tunnel with North and South openings at the massif's east slope,
- •( main chambers for the centers with 3 tunnels 45 feet wide, 60.5 feet high, and 588 feet long intersected by 4 cross tunnels 32 feet wide, 56 feet high and 335 feet long.)
- • a support area including reservoirs , and
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| - Located at Cheyenne Mountain AFS, El Paso County, Colorado
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| - The Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker is a Cold War hardened installation with NORAD centers and associated computer systems in warm standby such as the Alternate Command Center for the nearby Peterson AFB NORAD-NORTHCOM Command Center. Built after more than 11 previous US command bunkers (e.g., 1953 Raven Rock & 1960 Ft MacArthur DC), Cheyenne Mountain was designed for a 30 megaton nuclear explosion within . The bunker is tunneled within part of a spur of the Cheyenne Mountain massif at the Rocky Mountains' eastern "Front Range". The bunker's standby centers are controlled by a NORAD division, and support services are provided by Air Force Space Command's 721st Mission Support Group.
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