Republicans in the Kansas Legislature back off of a threat to sue the state's Democratic governor over education funding. the mayor of Kansas City complains about 911 wait times and vows to fix them. residents of Udall commemorate the state's deadliest tornado. and a decommissioned missile silo is for sale in central Kansas. Those headlines and more. here.
Used at the height of the Cold War, the silo served as a shelter to withstand a nuclear blast and any type of natural disaster. Today, the owner says it could be renovated into a home.
Below, there s an entire property for sale.
The North Star Missile Silo was used during the height of the Cold War in the early 1960s and is up for sale, with a price tag of $989,000.
The entire property spans 18 acres, with the silo near the center and protected by chain-link fencing and security cameras.
The North Star is one of 12 ATLAS sites built by the federal government around the central area of Kansas, with $110 million poured into each space.
A selling point of the property is that there are numerous uses. Buyers can live in the two-story, former launch control center underground as a modern home, or they could build a home atop with their safe house bunker easily accessible. It could also work as a survivor-themed hotel, training camp, corporate secure storage, and more.
/PRNewswire/ After countless man hours of cleaning and refurbishment, a former government Atlas F launch site is prepared to be offered for purchase to the.