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NORAD - "WARM STANDBY" FOR COLD WAR COMMAND POST
August 2, 2006 9:46 AM
archivesNORAD - "WARM STANDBY" FOR COLD WAR COMMAND POST
One of the most prominent symbols of America's military readiness is being put into standby mode. On Friday U.S. Northern Command announced that NORAD will all but move out of its bunker inside Cheyenne Mountain just southwest of Colorado Springs. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, has been housed inside the mountain since the Cold War, where American and Canadian crews have kept an eye out for airborne threats and tracked satellites. [LISTEN] []
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