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Titan Missile Complex Up for Sale

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the most-people-think-he's-insane dept.

ckeck writes "Take a look at this, some guy in Washington State is auctioning off a 'Titan Missile Complex' on eBay. I don't know if this is a fake auction or not, but I already talked to the gentleman running the auction on the phone and plan to take a visit to the complex! This would be an awesome place to live! Check it out here." Looks like he bought it in 1999.

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  1. Time to move :) by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Checklist:

    1. Move to Missile Complex
    2. Change name to Dr. Evil
    3. Hold the world hostage
    4. Profit

    See, I didn't use a ??? part, they are so lame ;)

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  2. Pack the bags! by edwardd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Honey, we're moving to Washington!!!

    Imagine mapping this (your HOUSE) for a Quake / Unreal map!!

  3. Owners reputation. by zaunuz · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you look closely on EBay, 19 people have voted him up. 19 people are satisfied with his previous auction, which leads to this conclution: The person selling it may not be faking it, but how the hell did he get it in the first place?

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    1. Re:Owners reputation. by d8ta · · Score: 5, Interesting

      When the government was decomissioning its Titan missile program in the 1990s, it sold off a number of properties like this. For example, also in the Eastern Washington area, some private investors bought the former Titan facilities located above ground and are running it as an ultra-secure data center facility [titanone.com]. The owner group includes a couple of former Microsoft execs. (Insert your favorite security joke here.)

  4. Re:Quite the fix up by pegr · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's one in Denver for only $1,450,000.

    Here's what looks to be a realtor specializing in old silos. Quite a collection for the truly paranoid!

  5. He also sold... by MarkMcLeod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone look at the auctions he's had before?

    Jack Hammer of some sort... $360
    Camera Flash... $12.50
    Camera Bag.. $14.95

    "Oh..Yah..I have a giant nuclear testing facility too...Four Million Dollars..."

    1. Re:He also sold... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Jack Hammer of some sort... $360

      Well now you know how he found it.

  6. Are Russian customers allowed there? =) by garick · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder, whether our Russian militaries can buy the complex to keep missiles closer to their targets? :)

  7. Terms He Didn't Disclose... by vudufixit · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. No shipping. Local pickup only. 2. To avoid stiff fees, PayPal will not be accepted. 3. Checks will be given ten days to clear. 4. Non-paying bidders without ABM defenses will be given NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.

  8. I'd be scared by scragz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just think of all the Chinese/Russian missiles still pointed at your bedroom.

  9. Re:visit to the bank by WesG · · Score: 5, Funny

    We could recreate scene's from Half-Life within the silo complex. I want to be Gordon!

    I can see it know...(cheesy guy looking up as the camera blurs/wave effect)

    "Nothing you need to worry about, Gordon. Go ahead."

    "I have just been informed that the sample is ready, Gordon. It should be coming up to you any moment now. Look to the delivery system for your specimen."

    "Standard insertion for a nonstandard specimen. Go ahead, Gordon. Slot the carrier into the analysis port."

    "Gordon! Get away from the beams!"

    Oh the fun we could have....:-)

  10. Moderators, you've been had by Imperator · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't get it. Why would the government spend lots of money monitoring property it has sold to private citizens, especially when said property (stripped of the nuclear missile, obviously) is not particularly useful for causing harm? Do you have some evidence to back up your claim or is it just a paranoid conspiracy theory?

    Or are you just making stuff up to gain karma? A look at your journal reveals the answer, and it's one that should make your moderators ashamed:

    This account was created for a challenge purpose. [...] Get Excellent karma using ONLY insightless/wrong/misleading/clueless comments. Most of ideas presented will be flawed, informations made up and so on. Sometimes I may post true info if it's my wild guess, but I will be posting it as "informed/confirmed info" for that purpose.

    Oh, and what are you planning to do afterwards? Why, flamebait your karma away. Moderators, please nip this plan in the bud by making sure that Archangle's karma stays low. And an advice to those with aspirations to cause mischief: don't post about them in your journal.

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