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total clickbait title, to the best of my knowledge ZERO actual missiles were ever based at camp century, and the whole rest of the ridiculous concept of using t
by walrus01 2y ago
total clickbait title, to the best of my knowledge ZERO actual missiles were ever based at camp century, and the whole rest of the ridiculous concept of using the greenland ice cap to base missiles was obsoleted in the 1960s by rapid advances in land based and submarine ICBMs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Century
- pandemic_region 2y agoI found the title to be correct, reflecting what was discovered i.e. missile "tunnels". I have zero clue about any of this, so it was an interesting read. And yes, a ridiculous idea but that's probably what the Egyptians also thought when the plans to build a pyramid were unveiled ;-)
- walrus01 2y agoThere were no missiles, erectors, launchers, silo doors, hatches, warheads, fueling systems or solid rockets, launch control systems. Therefore not "nuclear missile tunnels". The whole concept was shelved once they learned what a pain in the ass it would be to build and maintain such a base, and the advances in range and reliability of regular icbms became obvious. Camp century was built around the same time as the DEW line and other north warning system radars throughout Greenland and northern Canada, which had a more obvious use and necessity.
- mrweasel 2y agoI think the extend of the US nuclear weapons program for Greenland was limited to bombers stationed in Thule. There is a Danish book written about the whole thing, including the accidents. In it there is a paragraph or two about the US government approaching the Danish government, to hear if they would be interested in a briefing about the activities regarding nuclear weapons stationed in Greenland. The answer given to the US was "Absolutely not!". The weapons where not suppose to be there, and the Danish government basically took a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to the whole thing. Still the consensus is that Project Iceworm never really amounted to anything. The shifting ice and snow cover would have made the whole thing a nightmare to maintain. There is a nuclear bomb somewhere under the ice near Thule, which was never recovered after the crash of a B-52.
- lazide 2y agoYeah, apparently Camp Century is under an additional 100ft (!) of snow/ice since it was abandoned. That is a lot of snow shoveling.
- hyperific 2y ago> There is a nuclear bomb somewhere under the ice near Thule, which was never recovered after the crash of a B-52. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_B-52_crash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_B-52_cra...
- preisschild 2y agoTrue and they didnt even mention the small nuclear reactor they used there to power / heat the base...
- dredmorbius 2y agoThe project was a pilot and trial for a proposal to stage ICBMs in the Greenland ice sheet. To that extent, the description is accurate: a site whose goal was emplacing nuclear-tipped missiles in Greenland has now been observed by Nasa researchers.