'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet
As it turns out, this abandoned "secret city" was the site of a secret Cold War project known as Project Iceworm which called for the construction of 2,500 miles (4,023 km) of tunnels that could be used to nuclear intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) at the Soviet Union.
NASA Uncovers Secret Underground City Hidden 100 Feet Beneath Greenland's Ice, Revealing Cold War-Era Military Base
NASA has discovered Camp Century, a hidden Cold War-era military base buried 100 feet beneath Greenland's ice using advanced radar technology. The base, part of the secret "Project Iceworm," was designed for nuclear missile deployment but was abandoned in 1967.
Radar surveys occasionally show evidence of the base, lurking there like an environmental time bomb under the ice. But in ...
The discovery occurred while the NASA team was testing the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) ...
A NASA scientist on a routine research mission accidentally discovered an incredible relic hidden deep beneath the ice. Chad ...
NASA scientists have uncovered the long-hidden Camp Century, a Cold War-era nuclear base buried beneath Greenland’s ice sheet ...
The U.S. Army chose frigid, remote Greenland for a secretive Cold War project code-named "Iceworm." Years later, NASA ...
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