Nekoma, The Abandoned Nuclear Missile Defense Radar Pyramid and the Fastest Computer in the World. It Could Look in All Directions at the Same Time... and Mount Umunhum RADAR Station above San Jose, CA

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramid-north-dakota
The Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Program was developed in the 1960s to shoot down incoming Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

Nekoma, The Abandoned Nuclear Missile Defense Radar Pyramid.
The circles on the Pyramid are RADAR Sensors

Nekoma, The Nuclear Missile Defense Radar Pyramid -gvan42
Nekoma, The Nuclear Missile Defense Radar Pyramid
Built at a cost of six billion dollars in Nekoma, North Dakota, the site was a massive complex of missile silos, a giant pyramid-shaped radar system, and dozens of launching silos for surface-to-air missiles tipped with thermonuclear warheads.

Many Photos of the Computer System: 
https://srmsc.org/dps2030.html
Nekoma - computer system

Nekoma - photo of the Computer System
More Photographs and History: https://srmsc.org/

A Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDZLKie1Fg
For almost half a century, from the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union, our world existed on the precipice of nuclear annihilation. The threat of an instant and irreversible descent into nuclear war hung constant over our heads, the pendulum of power sometimes swinging our way and sometimes back toward the Soviets. It was this race for superiority that led to the creation of this place, the most advanced nuclear antiballistic missile facility ever built. This is the Stanley Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in Nekoma, North Dakota. See more content like this at http://GhostsofNorthDakota.com

Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site Supervisor Rob Branting approaches certain myths around the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex located in Northeast North Dakota from a historical standpoint.

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex...

The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC) was a cluster of military facilities near Langdon, North Dakota, that supported the United States Army's Safeguard anti-ballistic missile program.[1] The complex provided launch and control for 30 LIM-49 Spartan anti-ballistic missiles, and 70 shorter-range Sprint anti-ballistic missiles.

The deployment area of the complex covered the Minuteman launchers of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing, based at Grand Forks Air Force BaseNorth Dakota. Under the terms of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the US was permitted to deploy a single ABM system protecting an area containing ICBM launchers. The total of 100 launchers and 100 missiles was the maximum permitted under the treaty.


closeup of radar element at the Nekoma, The Abandoned Nuclear Missile Defense Radar Pyramid.

Inside of the Nekoma, The Abandoned Nuclear Missile Defense Radar Pyramid.

Many more pictures at:

https://www.coldwartourist.com/stanley-r-mickelsen-safeguard-complex


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a Similar Site: 

Mount Umunhum Radar Tower.

Near San Jose, CA

The Red and White Dish Rotated Constantly.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Umunhum

Mount Umunhum Radar Station near San Jose, CA, USA

Phone Book Cover - Mount Umunhum Radar Tower near San Jose, CA, USA

Phone Book Cover - 

Mount Umunhum Radar Tower 


Since the Radar Tower Was Easily Visible from All Over San Jose... Millions of People Lived for Decades with it... The US Military Always Protecting Us from Nuclear War... and it was a Constant Reminder that we were THREATENED by Nuclear War... 


After the Cold War Was Over the Red and White Spinning Radar Element was Removed... and NOW it's a Park. Popular with Bicycle Riders... 

https://hilltromper.com/article/mt-umunhum-radar-tower-midpeninsula-open-space


Mount Umunhum Radar Tower - abandoned - red and white dish removed

Mount Umunhum Radar Tower - abandoned - red and white dish removed
In the Distance, The City of San Jose

https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/cold-war-tower-receives-historic-designation/

Santa Clara County deemed a Cold War-era tower atop Mount Umunhum a historic landmark Tuesday after months of debate over whether to preserve or raze the giant concrete cube.

In a unanimous vote, the Board of Supervisors added the several-story structure to the county’s Heritage Resource Inventory, a designation for historically important structures. The new ordinance also means that to demolish the tower would require a special permit.

“The Cube,” as it’s often called, was built in 1962 to detect enemy aircraft when the property served as an Air Force station.

"The Radar Tower is a captivating sight from the valley floor and one of the things that many remember most when looking at the mountain tops around Santa Clara Valley," said Supervisor Ken Yeager. "It's important that we preserve relics of our region's military history."

http://www.redwoodhikes.com/Skyline/MtUmunhum.html Hiking Instructions... 

Map of Mount Umunhum


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