The first NEACP aircraft were modified KC-135B aerial refueling tankers with expanded communication suites and were in service by 1963. The out-of-the-way site helps with plenty of testing of all sorts free of ship and radio traffic. For years it has maintained a measure of mystery caused by bizarre lights twinkling strangely in the surrounding skies. Heres Why. Of course, those poor soldiers were just . How Its Unique: The location1,200 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, and only 200 miles east of Russia on the island of Shemya in the Aleutiansgives this desolate location some intrigue. Their function is likely to pinpoint the locations of airstrikes, nuclear weapons, and other military and intelligence hubs. Background: Originally constructed as a Cold War naval base, Norway sold the site and eventually leased it to the Russians, who now use the space for research. (Now the U.S. Navy wants a piece of it.). It gives us visuals of things we never thought we would be able to see and things we maybe shouldnt see. The U.S. Marine Corps actually already uses another underground bunker complex in Norway, near the city of Trondheim, to store vehicles and other equipment to support rapid deployments. Leave immediately and keep far off. These are the voices of Chinese patrols trying to keep some mystery around their fabricated islands in the South China Sea. From poisoning agents to nerve agents, this site created and tested deadly warfare weapons. The bases include missile defense systems, troops, radar domes, and warcraft hangars. For example, in January of 1986, an alien spacecraft crashed into Mount Izvestokovaya, or at least that was the report. Safeguard, which began in 1969, was aimed at providing a defensive shield for the Air Force's Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fields. Less than two weeks after the Office of the Secretary of Defense completed its final draft of the plan to send to the White House, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy during a visit to Dallas, Texas. In 2009, the Australian Department of Defence announced plans to upgrade antiquated equipment at the facility, indicating that Pine Gap has a long future ahead of it. Still, without something like DUCC, concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. strategic command and control facilities persisted. Here are the locations of Deep Underground Military Bases in America: ARIZONA 1. The ship is 30 to 60 minutes flying time from Washington. Gates Pass Base 3. The 1963 memorandum does not say where exactly the DUCC would be located, but, plans from McNamara's office showed it was to have been buried under the Potomac River, which lies roughly halfway between the Pentagon and the White House, according to Raven Rock: The U.S. Government's Secret Plan To Save Itself While The Rest Of Us Die.