More recently, information about a strange structure in the United States has appeared in the public domain. The photos of the pyramid really boggled the imagination: the absurd structure evokes vague associations with secret societies, conspiracy theories and other dubious pseudo-scientific innuendos. In addition, information appeared about the price paid by the American government for the mysterious pyramid - it cost the country a whopping $ 6 billion. So what is it that the Americans have hidden in this "crypt"? Let's figure it out.
Safeguard program
In the early 1970s, the US Army launched the Precautionary Measure program. Within its framework, the construction of several bases meant to guarantee a retaliatory strike by protecting the positions of nuclear missiles from a possible disarming enemy strike. It was based on two echelons of defense: transatmospheric (carried out by long-range anti-missiles LIM-49 "Spartan" and intra-atmospheric (carried out by short-range anti-missiles "Sprint").
Stanley Mickelson Base
In 1975, Stanley Mikelsen's base was put on alert in North Dakota. Its anti-missile missiles were supposed to cover ballistic missiles, which, in theory, would have been launched by the United States in retaliation.
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Perfect hideout
North Dakota and South Dakota became the site for the deployment of American Minutemen missiles aimed at deterring possible Soviet aggression. This location was in a geographically ideal position to be able to intercept missiles launched across the North Pole. The Safeguard system began combat duty on May 6, 1975, and on May 8, Congress issued a decree terminating all work on the project: the country's security doctrine was changed.
Bad news
Fortunately, Armageddon was over. The superpowers have signed treaties to limit nuclear arsenals. Good news for the entire planet, but bad news for the American budget. The construction of the pyramid cost taxpayers a whopping $ 5.7 billion, and in February 1976, after a year and three months of active work, it was simply decommissioned.
Empty shell
All weapons were taken from the pyramid to El Paso. The interiors were filled with concrete, hundreds of people lost their jobs, and contractors stole everything they could, leaving only an empty shell as a monument to a past paranoid fear. For forty years, the pyramid was filled with groundwater, because its drainage pumps were turned off. Today, the US government is unsuccessfully trying to sell the buildings at auction, but so far there are not many who want to settle in the former military base.