A MX or "Peacekeeper" missile, left, and two versions of the Minuteman missile sit at the entrance of Warren Air Force base Jnear Cheyenne, WY. Preliminary analysis, according to the military, indicates more than 90 percent of new trenching would occur on private land. The project's other bases are Malmstrom AFB in Montana and Minot AFB in North Dakota. Warren AFB's missile field also extends into parts of Wyoming and Nebraska. Rows of wind turbines have been erected recently around a handful of the sites. A University of Wyoming count of silos found 54 near the towns of Peetz, Stoneham, Raymer, Crook, Proctor, Padroni, Buckingham, Sterling, Keota, and Grover. This includes missile silos in northeastern Colorado presently operated and maintained by F. A Minuteman III missile silo in South Dakota. Modern communications capabilities, most importantly, will be buried in the trenches, upgrading the connection between the bases and the existing missile silos. The Air Force is gathering data to compile an environmental impact statement, a necessity before any dirt is disturbed.Īnd plenty of digging is proposed - approximately 1,780 miles of utility trench between three Air Force bases and their surrounding missile fields. Small towns in northeastern Colorado are seeing the first steps taken toward that goal - literally - as military personnel visit plots of property surrounding the existing Minuteman silos networked throughout that part of the state.
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