Cheyenne Mountain Complex
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Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a highly secure, hardened military installation built into Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, historically known as a central command and control hub for North American air and space defense operations.
All labels observed (5)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War military site
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bunker ⓘ military installation ⓘ underground facility ⓘ |
| builtFor | North American Aerospace Defense Command ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
North American Aerospace Defense Command
ⓘ
U.S. Northern Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Northern Command
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedToWithstand |
electromagnetic pulse
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nuclear blast ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 10 kilometers southwest of Colorado Springs ⓘ |
| elevation | about 2,135 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| featuredIn | popular culture depictions of NORAD ⓘ |
| formerOperator |
North American Aerospace Defense Command
ⓘ
U.S. Space Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Space Command
|
| garrison |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ |
| hardenedAgainst |
biological attack
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chemical attack ⓘ radiological attack ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
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surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center
Cheyenne Mountain Complex ⓘ
surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station complex
|
| hasFeature |
air filtration system
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blast doors ⓘ independent power plant ⓘ independent water supply ⓘ shock-mounted buildings ⓘ underground tunnels ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cheyenne Mountain
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Colorado ⓘ El Paso County, Colorado ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| near | Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ |
| notableFor |
highly secure hardened construction
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serving as NORAD command center ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
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| primaryFunction |
air and space defense operations center
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command and control center ⓘ missile warning center ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defense monitoring
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ballistic missile early warning ⓘ space surveillance ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
North American Aerospace Defense Command
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undergroundAlternateCommandCenter
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Cheyenne Mountain Complex
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this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station complex
this entity surface form:
NORAD entrance portal (Cheyenne Mountain Complex)
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
this entity surface form:
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station