@ai6yr There's a well-preserved site in Marin County with a museum. You can ride in the launch elevator with the missile (which they assure me is unarmed, but I still wouldn't piss them off).
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@mattblaze @ai6yr Here on Vashon Island, our former Nike base is now home to our food bank, community health clinic, and a daycare. Count on this place to put a flower in one of the biggest rifle barrels of the Cold War.
@mattblaze @ai6yr I often wonder which will be first to do me in up here: the active volcano, the massive fault and its overdue earthquake and tsunami 1-2 punch, or a strike on Bangor. 😂
@mattblaze @ai6yr - we visited the museum on the day they brought out the demo missiles, also there were cookies.
@mattblaze @ai6yr there are a few at Sandy Hook in New Jersey as well. You can spend the afternoon at the nude beach and then go look at some replica missiles before getting back on the ferry to NYC.
"nude beach Nike Missiles in New Jersey" was not on my bingo card for the day.
@mattblaze @ai6yr I'm surprised the Nike missile site hasn't been bought by some tech bro for their bunker - I bet a few have tried. Also there's that entire, planned not built, town down at Tennessee valley too. I get the feeling that they are all itching to buy up the parks and coast
@Paperposts @ai6yr The Nike sites aren't really good for bunkers. The missile magazines are quite shallow and small (basically freight elevators that go down to a basement level), and the launch control sites are above ground. Decommissioned Titan and Minuteman launch control centers would make much better bunkers, but are less conveniently located if you want coastal access.
@mattblaze Hahahahaha. Maybe not during an earthquake, either!!