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ManOfStone
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| | | Re: Adak, AK - Abandoned Cold War Military Installation < Reply # 25 on 9/19/2016 10:37 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Fleeting How much does a flight to Alaska cost? It would cost more for me, obviously, but making a trip to the north is something I've wanted to do for sometime. Maybe we could go to Adak together
| Well, it depends! I was lucky enough to be able to make the flight using Alaska Airlines Miles, so it was about 40,000 miles for a round trip ticket. However, if you were to buy in cash, it's pretty stupidly expensive at nearly $1800. And that's not including a car rental (~$130 per day), food, lodging, or gas (nearly $7 per gallon). So while I'd definitely recommend going there if at all possible, it's absolutely NOT a price performer. For what you'd spend on four days on Adak, you could go to Hawaii for two weeks. That being said...it's totally worth it. And oh by the way...I'll be headed back there around when the tundra is green again at the end of July/beginning of August 2017...so...if you do end up wanting to plan a trip...
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Location: Las Vegas area Gender: Male Total Likes: 278 likes
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | | Re: Adak, AK - Abandoned Cold War Military Installation < Reply # 28 on 9/27/2016 10:29 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by xAxKx
It's definitely hard to tell from that particular photo, but this was one of the many fallout shelters on the island. Each had roughly 80 bunk spaces, kitchen, air filtration systems, tiny bathroom and shower, and lots of HAZMAT/radiation suit racks. There were two outside of each of the larger and more isolated buildings on Adak.
| Just FYI: In addition to all the other security measures required to protect nuclear weapons storage areas, depending on the specifics, a certain number of security forces (Marines) had to be able to respond to threats within X minutes/Y distance of a potential threat at the weapons storage area, in addition to the guard forces on-duty at the WSA. This quick response force was usually housed in a hardened facility adjacent to the WSA. The few I've explored had protected ingress/egress, firing positions on the roof, alarm panels for the WSA, a weapons armory, sleeping racks, small dining area/classroom, bathroom/showers & a day/rec area. The personnel would be rotated out every couple days, going to their normal housing. It'd make sense that they'd have MOPP suits there. /-/ooligan
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| ManOfStone
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| | | Re: Adak, AK - Abandoned Cold War Military Installation < Reply # 29 on 9/27/2016 11:50 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by /-/ooligan
Just FYI: In addition to all the other security measures required to protect nuclear weapons storage areas, depending on the specifics, a certain number of security forces (Marines) had to be able to respond to threats within X minutes/Y distance of a potential threat at the weapons storage area, in addition to the guard forces on-duty at the WSA. This quick response force was usually housed in a hardened facility adjacent to the WSA. The few I've explored had protected ingress/egress, firing positions on the roof, alarm panels for the WSA, a weapons armory, sleeping racks, small dining area/classroom, bathroom/showers & a day/rec area. The personnel would be rotated out every couple days, going to their normal housing. It'd make sense that they'd have MOPP suits there.
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| Absolutely. The thing that's making me think fallout shelters is not only their position in relation to every large building on the island, but also that there are no doors large enough to facilitate the easy/efficient transportation of any kind of weaponry into or out of the structure. I'll have to find some more pictures of the exteriors of these things and post them here, I think it would be good to have that visual reference for scale. Want to make sure I get my facts straight if I'm making false claims and not realising it!
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