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Somewhat on topic, but in Colorado we have 6 of the original Titan I nuclear complexes. Abandoned since 1965, each complex has probably a mile of tunnels, huge underground rooms and 3 massive silos. They're absolutely fascinating to explore.

Some random photos from the last time we went in to one.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLysXzHjG58/?taken-by=hamonacob

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK3fsXFjwE6/?taken-by=hamonacob

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCqaiG-KHGF/?taken-by=hamonacob

Happy to answer any questions for the curious.




Super curious! I'm taking a road trip through Colorado later this year, and would love to stop and see one or more of these. I'm a little worried about playing whack-a-mole trying to find an accessible one. Is Jim's listing of them here accurate? http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/titan1.html Is there a better source?


Those are always the place I assume that most people assume are totally safe and spelunk and climb and explore only to find out later they have way more radiation or something 'new' bad thing that all those people were now exposed to.


The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment has published their findings on each site's environmental concerns.

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/titan-1-missile-compl...

Edit: Of course there's still risk. Plenty of obvious asbestos about as well as physically precarious flooring, deep standing water, angry farmers that don't want you on their land, etc. Lots of fun though :)


There are many more Titan I complexes around the US as well, including at Beale, Larson, Ellsworth, and other AFBs in addition to Lowry.


Holy crap, that's awesome. Which site did you go to? I live in Colorado and would love to check it out.


Is this legal? If so, I would love to explore!


Looks like Half-Life




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