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chapotraphouse • 9 months ago

This military facility cost $34B in 2024 dollars. It was used for only 6 months in the 1970s in the anti-ballistic missile program. It's now used for blockchain mining.

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This military facility cost $34B in 2024 dollars. It was used for only 6 months in the 1970s in the anti-ballistic missile program. It's now used for blockchain mining.

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chapotraphouse • 9 months ago

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.

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Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex : brutalism

Insane boondoggle of a backstory. Basically a colossal waste of $6B taxpayer money ($34B in 2024 dollars) because it only operated for 6 months before being decommissioned as ineffective by Congress. Present activity is blockchain mining.

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Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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9 months ago
Looking it up, yeah he did some auditing for them but I don't think he was ever living in a missile silo in northern Nevada or anything

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- GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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  9 months ago
  That's true, I suppose I was a bit hyperbolic
  
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