As the Cold War intensified at the end of the 1950s, the U.S. Army devised a plan to build a sprawling launch site for ...

If full-blown world conflict breaks out, there are a number of places across the globe which would probably be safe.

First created during the Cold War, Project Iceworm saw the US plan to store hundreds of ballistic missiles in a system of tunnels dubbed 'Camp Century'.

The Fordow nuclear facility, buried beneath a mountain near Qom, Iran, has drawn global military attention—but it is far from ...

The information about Camp Century and its nuclear capabilities, specifically related to Project Iceworm, remained a secret until 1997.

A NASA team found signs of the remnants of Camp Century, which shows the extent of Washington’s longtime involvement in the Arctic island.

The base was part of an ambitious and clandestine Pentagon plan, known as Project Iceworm, to build a network of nuclear-missile launch sites beneath the Arctic ice.

The Army decided not to risk the loss of hundreds of missiles if the facility collapsed, eventually canceling Project Iceworm just three years after Camp Century was built.

Project Iceworm sought to expand the existing facility by an additional 52,000 square miles — three times the size of Denmark — to house 60 launch control centers. The facility would have stored up to ...