The entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado. (Photo : Twitter Photo Section)
Daily Mail: Why is the military moving back into 'Stargate' base deep under the Rocky Mountains a decade after it was abandoned?
* Cheyenne Mountain Complex being refurbished by Pengaton
* High tech communications being installed that are impervious to electromagnetic pulses
* The bunker is build under 2,000 feet of the Rocky Mountains and is able to withstand a hit by a 30 megaton nuclear blast
* Decommissioned 10-years ago because 'the Russians were no longer a threat'
The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is one of the icons of the Cold War - a self-contained and sufficient town buried under the Rockies meant to be impervious to a Soviet nuclear barrage.
It was home to the North American Aerospace Command (NORAD), scanning the skies for Russian missiles and the military command and control center of the United States in the event of World War Three.
The high tech base entered popular culture with appearances in the 1983 Cold War thriller War Games and 1994's Stargate - which imagined the complex as a clandestine home for intergalactic travel.
More News On The Pentagon Returning To The Cheyenne Mountain Complex
US aerospace command moving comms gear back to Cold War bunker -- AFP
Pentagon Moves More Communications Gear into Cheyenne Mountain -- Defense One
Defense Moves More Communications Equipment into Cheyenne Mountain -- Government Executive
Cold War-Era Bunker To House Communications Gear From U.S. Aerospace Command -- HNGN
US Aerospace Command Communications to Move Back to Cold War-Era Bunker -- Sputnik
Stargate mountain: Pentagon moves comm gear back to Cold War-era bunker -- RT
Why Is The Pentagon Beefing Up A Mountain Stronghold? -- Daily Caller