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29 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14h \ parent \ on: Should Greenland Become an American Colony? Politics_And_Law
A secret American military base in Greenland built during the Cold War was recently discovered
I think I remember that. It was several years ago, right?
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @7e6e393a56 14h
It appears to have been discovered in 2019 with the melting of the ice. This base called Camp Century was built in the 1950s and was abandoned in 1966.
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 12h
Nope. It was publicly known since at least 1996 when the documents on it were declassified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Century
By 2016 scientists were already studying it to determine if it was an environmental hazard.
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9 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 12h
2016 seems more like when I remember seeing something about it.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 12h
That'd make sense. You probably heard of it because of the environmental impact research.
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29 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 14h
Yeah, I remember seeing a video about them excavating it.
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37 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 14h
It appears that this military base was supplied by the world's first mobile nuclear reactor, with the aim of eventually serving as a launching base for nuclear missiles against the Soviet Union in the event of war.
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