In my case, that the Air Force had let in there before burying these sites had cut out a spring. Each one of these silo sites has its own unique challenges. Yeah, my neighbor’s YouTube channel laid out a road map for what I was getting myself into. Did you have an idea of what you were in for? I’m cleaning it out to make it a usable space again, which will take the value up considerably. When I bought it, it was flooded with water. Those sites were similar to mine in that they hadn’t been fully renovated yet. The comps on it right now, the Arizona sites are all going for over $500,000 and one recently went for $1.5 million. So I approached him and ended up purchasing the property in June 2019. It wasn’t officially listed, but the owner was in a position where he was willing to sell. GT was friends with the then-owner of my site. I ran into GT Hill, who is now my silo neighbor, who has a YouTube channel. Now, with where I’m at in my life, I can pursue larger projects like this. As a teenager, I fell in love with the idea of an underground home or bunker. I toured the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona in the winter of 2000. Here’s our interview, which has been edited for length and clarity: What first interested you in the silos? In fact, he even gave us a video tour of the current state of his underground work. Stroiney, an airline pilot for a regional carrier, talked to us about the progress and what it’s like to own a Cold War–era missile silo. It isn’t glamorous work, but Stroiney is in it for the long haul-and for days like the one seen in the video below, when he was able to open up the silo’s escape hatch for the first time. One man’s missionīut we’ve never spoken with an owner in the middle of an underground fixer-upper project-until now. In fact, we’ve come across a few of these silo sites on the market. Some are in private hands, and some are owned by local governments. Many of the properties, which often include acres of land, were eventually sold. When the program was scrapped, the missiles were removed and parts of the silos were demolished and buried. The top-secret Titan was “the largest land-based missile ever deployed by the U.S.,” according to the Titan Missile Museum website.Įach site contained a missile silo, a launch control facility, and an access portal, and all were staffed 24/7 by Air Force personnel. A total of 54 missiles were set up in groups of 18 around three Air Force bases in Arizona, Kansas, and Arkansas. from 1960s until the missile program was decommissioned in the 1980s. Whether you are looking for a home with just a hidden vault to protect valuables, or a hidden apartment to protect your entire family, you may find in it our listings.For those not up on Cold War history, subterranean Titan II missile sites were excavated in the U.S. In these homes, the garage, basement, or shed may hide a whole underground living space, ready to provide safety for the occupants, with a separate air and water supply, and sometime even a secret escape tunnel. If a home is built from scratch, it’s easy to include these special features. Many custom homes are designed with forethought for hidden safe rooms or vaults. In some cases they have been sold to the public, and converted into private homes or commercial spaces, offering the opportunity to live or work in a truly secure location. These have security and blast resistant construction that can withstand any attack. You will even find former missile silos, built during the height of the Cold War. For more extreme disasters, there are more in-depth preparations and defenses. In some areas, including a storm shelter or safe room into home construction is a common practice, in order to protect the residents against tornados or earthquakes. Some homes are purpose built to survive the very worst.
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