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Used ICBM Silo For Sale, "Cheap"
sprzepiora writes "An Atlas ICBM silo is for sale on E-Bay. Place your bids now, because it's only $1.5E6! Includes such amenities as: 1100 gallon hot tub, sauna,3 finished baths, 47 ton garage door, 66,000 lb. bank of batteries, chemical and bioligical air filtration, and more!" This is cool just to lust after. Of course its in Kansas (yeah I know, I'm in michigan, whats the difference, right?)
Like all other decommissioned military sites of this era, these silos are probably 1) sitting in a puddle of PCBS, and 2) filled with loose asbestos.
The main problem is it's in the middle of nowhere (Mapquest link [mapquest.com] ), about 50 miles from Topeka. Paying the local loop charges for dedicated (and redundant) Internet access is probably going to cost a fortune
And it doesn't for HavenCo/Sealand? Which is easier...running a line on dry (flat) land or over a body of water?
Besides, this type of situtation is what wireless is for. Come to think of it, HavenCo/Sealand uses wireless for a couple of their links (IIRC).
The real question...when the FBI comes knocking...will they be able to get in? I don't know if they have the equipment to take out a 47-ton door...but you better fill that silo with food and supplies because the second you step out you are theirs.
- JoeShmoe
-- I wonder which will go down in history as the bigger failure: the War on Drugs or the War on Filesharing
Lease it out as a private space launch facility!
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