Underground War Room Put On Ice?

[x635 4,066]

In my opinion, this is a move by the feds, especially in this day and age, that I don't fully understand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_on_..._the_war_room_3

Keating said the new the control room, in contrast, could be damaged if a terrorist commandeered a jumbo jet and somehow knew exactly where to crash it. But "how unlikely is that? We think very," Keating said.

You know, the federal goverment spent millions to design, build, and maintain this bunker. Even though the cold war is over, one doesn't know what could happen....who likely did we think 9/11 was to happen?

Why wouldn't they play it on the safe side, and keep an ultra-secure facility such as this up and running full-time? I'm glad though that there keeping it on "warm standby".

Keating said it costs about $250 million a year to operate Cheyenne Mountain fully staffed. Congress's        Government Accountability Office has said efforts to modernize Cheyenne Mountain were too expensive or behind schedule.

So, the goverment can't get their act together with this place, so basically they are shutting it down and moving somewhere else is what I read from that line?

I find it annoying that OUR security is "too expensive", yet other nations security aren't. This is just another annoying example.

[sr71 1]

keep it open

[27east 19]

Now with all this North Korea stuff, and soon Iran, it would seem as if Cheyenne would get a second lease on life, especially since if North Korea was going to attack, it would be the West Coast. This is a bad idea. There is still the one in Nebraska at Offut AFB, where Bush went on 9/11, but I don't think it is like Cheyenne.

[Guest alsfirefighter]

From what I understand is that they aren't completely shelving it, they are removing it from operation and will keep it at a state of readiness if needed.

You also have to understand that with modernization and technology. Much of command and control is and can be accomplished while on the move. In fact that is often how things are run, like 9/11 and can be more secure for the leadership of the country and a moving target is much harder to track and to hit.