Check out its latest ad. Sprint was an ICBM interceptor missile from the 1960s that was considered the final line of defense, a last-ditch option in the event of a Soviet missile-launch. The Cold War Era drove a need to maintain missile sites around the country. In the meantime, see what it looks like now. — An auction for a former missile site in northeastern North Dakota fell short of the hoped-for price Tuesday. Behind 1960’s chain link sits rubble and ponds of water but beneath the ground lays history. Site needs some repair, but could provide that extra privacy, security and protection when needed. Items left on the land by the previous owner were sold in auction Tuesday morning. She previously served as Army Times Editor. Burgum rescinded his COVID quarantine order after political pressure. "I got to tell you this is my first one, it's been a real thrill, we've had lots and lots of interest from around the country actually, and I can see it going back to possible grazing, maybe a home site, who knows. By giving us your email, you are opting in to the Early Bird Brief. August 2020 saw more murders in Rapid City than all of last year, with Rapid City police saying many of the homicides were tied to drugs. NEAR FAIRDALE, N.D. (Valley News Live) - An unusual building site is going up for sale in rural North Dakota. “There was living quarters, there was a mess hall, all that was underground.”. Climate activists march in Fargo and Moorhead. South Dakota Underground Co-op, from $25,000 ... America built 107 missile bases around the country during the arms race in the 1960s, including the Atlas F Missile Silo located about 130 miles north of Albany. The land itself was auctioned off later in the day for $119,000. 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The defunct site, one of many built to protect the United States from Soviet attacks over the Arctic, was armed with defensive missiles intended to shoot down any indirect fire. “Leslie Volochenko bought it and had plans to restore it, but it never came to be,” Keller noted. The Sprint Missile — which could travel 76-hundred miles an hour — was used to intercept missiles fired upon America. This was a part of the Stanley R. Mickelesen Safeguard Complex located in NE North Dakota. One in Fairdale, North Dakota, is now available for auction, and it’s got everything ... except the ordnance.