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Scuba Diving in a Titan 1 Nuclear Missile Silo - Documentary Short
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2014
- Scuba diving inside an abandoned nuclear missile silo in the middle of the Washington desert is not an every day occurrence.
Diving down 110 feet into the eerie and intriguing chamber has to make this one of the most interesting and fun dives SeaproofTV have been invited on.
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Divers: SeaproofTV's Trisha Stovel and Russell Clark, Owen Ray, Otto Willie, Karren Willie, Gerard Willie and David Bruns.
Video contains archive footage and images
Music: Flar / AudioJungle
For your information that missile site was built over an subterranean lake, the water started to appear in 1963 and the military tried to pump grout to stop the water from rising, they could not stop the water from rising and I suspect it was from the weight of the concrete pushing down that caused the water to come up, I was stationed there in the 568 missile squadron
Very cool! Thanks for sharing the interesting info! 😎
I'm an old Titan II crewman. Videos like this really excite me. I've been inside several Atlas F sites and of course Titan II sites. It was good duty and exciting.
+droleniacoc -- The only winning move is not to play.
+SeikiBrian fucking excellent 😂
Zack Boivin It was one of my favorite movies back in the day. :)
***** I watched it in history class in grade like 10 and I loved it
What are the launch codes?!!!
lol im learning about missiles and icbms from a diving instructor.
He probably wouldn't be diving into a complex facility if he didn't know how it worked.
I don't think the OP was implying that the DI was unqualified, rather that the DI is not at the forefront of people's minds when it comes to learning about ICBMs, one would usually make that association with rocket scientists/nuclear physicists etc
I've heard that there can often be toxic materials leftover in these silos but i'm not sure how true this is. Have you guys thought about testing the water?
It's a silo, no missiles or nuclear product would be leaking in there by any chance
Asbestos?
LOL
there is at least one silo where hydrazine leaked from the fuel tanks and the silo (533-7) was decommissioned before proper cleanup
since hydrazine is water soluble and very stable under standard conditions there is a little risk
but even that mentioned silo was at least cleaned somewhat - they used nitic acid to oxidize the hydrazine slowly
I would be worried about the water too. You've gotta remember these site were built in the 50s. There are alot of heavy medals and hazardous materials used in their construction.
You should try Bonne Terre Mines! You can scuba dive there and it's just huge. (Worlds largest underground lake)
@0:51 is not Titian I, that is Titan II
Also, ballistic missiles do not orbit. Ballistic trajectories may leave the atmosphere, but they are no where near fast enough to orbit the planet.
I noticed and commented the same thing
yup - that's why the MX was far more fun. The Peacekeeper had a second stage to take the MIRVs into orbit where they could loiter for first, second, and additional strikes - like a Death Star. Megatons of fun.
Very cool. I went into a titan missile complex in Colorado. Deer Trail to be exact. Lots of water in this silo as well. Awesome video!
Mr. David Burns, thank you for sharing this story. This is a niche of recreation I had no concept that even existed. Very interesting story and facts; I am happy there are plenty of other people that will do this activity, just not me.
I've been in there. There are 2 others. Warden, and the Batur scragg titan silo wich is now a museum. All in my home land of central Washington. There are also 9 other titan silos, vertical launch, across eastern Washington. Mostly private. My first trip was about 20 years ago. The one these guys are in is on the Columbia basin aquifer, hence all the water. The Columbia basin irrigation project also added to the extra water (grand Coulee damn).
Wow! Really? 9??
We used to crawl around in the one on Batum road, back in my highschool days.
Check out the site online called "Nuclear Bunker Living" if you want to see this beast up close. So far there are 30 videos and he puts one out each week. I will be doing a video with the owner in 3-4 weeks.
Why is that lady wearing a batman costume?
+Amancalled Adam That's her exposure suit hood. You can find cool and fun dive hoods like that on the interweb.
+Amancalled Adam Batwoman. Get it right.
+Amancalled Adam Why are you wearing that beanie
Amancalled Adam cause she can.
...because female adults feel the need to have ears on everything now.
Holy crap! I want that missile silo diver specialty!!
Interesting dive site! A combination of cave diving and wreck diving
Except that it isn't a cave. It's a cylinder with 110' of water and 60' of air overhead. The passage you approach the silo is cave-like I guess....it's like being on the inside of a giant pipe culvert.
I grew up in Royal, I remember going down there a couple times! Great memories 😌 We were down there on the day the world was supposed to end in 2012 😂
This is absolutely incredible to see! Amazing, informative, and thrilling video!
You can dive one of these silos in Abilene Texas, well, outside of Abilene.
Overhead enviroment, loads of entrapment hazards that cant be cut and they are on singles with no line to surface. This can only go well.
Two things... First do do this type of dive, there needs to be a line with markers from the surface, just as if they were penetrating in a wreck dive. Second, due to this type of diving for safety reasons they need a secondary air supply and lights with each diver, so this could be either back doubles or sidemount, and a primary flood light with secondary hand held. Thankfully we see one sidemount diver at 4:48. Please anyone who watches this video do not attempt any overhead unless trained to do so.
+Matthew Meeder -- They're diving in a vertical shaft with no side tunnels or overhead obstructions. Why would they need lines and markers? The only horizontal tunnel is the one leading to the silo, which is traversed on foot.
The surface is straight up and a non-overhead environment. There is NO "penetration". There is a bottle staged at 15'. What makes the need for redundant air supply here any different then any other OW dive night dive?
IF it was an overhead environment I would agree with Matthew statements.
SeikiBrian they're not simply diving in a single silo. They're diving the entire complex with the exception of the crew quarters which were topside.
www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=414&bih=628&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=s1HjWpOHDMyO5wL1-ZyAAQ&q=titan+1+missile+complex+map+washington&oq=titan+1+missile+complex+map+washington&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3...8188.9425..9740...0....147.487.0j4..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-img.......35i39j30i10.BMC4ApP5ys8%3D#imgrc=v2SjNqfszP12QM:
Most are diving just the single silo that's a non-overhead environment and no penetration. Some that dive the side-passages are diving them as confined spaces with overhead and visibility issues...with the requisite equipment.
I've heard that some silos were purposely flooded to keep people out. That would be a lot of water to truck in
This is like some Grade A spelunking shit. I love it
I have this urge to throw some goldfish down there
Matthew Mathews Throw in a group, go back in a month, profit.
Or even some catfish, they get big when there’s nothing to kill them. That would be great, diving into a dark nuclear silo and seeing an unknown 4 foot fish swimming towards you. 🤣🤣
THEY WONT LIVE TO LONG..
They’d run out of air and food though!!
Robbie Starduzt they fuckin breath water stupid ass
Just did this dive with David and his crew. Had an amazing experience and day. Two dives really fun. Definitely should be on any divers list to do especially wit undersae advenrures leading it
one picture of this vid even is in a natgeo book
Most incredible place ever to learn to SCUBA dive at!
I'm watching this thinking "there has to be a good reason why no one is reeling out a line and markers?" I just can't think of that reason....would appreciate some feedback on that....
+1046Fay I'm assuming he's an OWD at best.
Freakschwimmer He's probably highly qualified and skilled..you'd have to be going into an overhead environment; I just can't make out why there's no line..
+1046Fay He would need not just line and markers but secondary air source and secondary lights.
Matthew Meeder Yes, I understand that, but I thought the first rule of an overhead environment was the first secure tie off on your reel, and correctly positioned exit markers...I just thought all overhead environments had to be entered that way?
Well, that's how you should do it if you value your own life..... But then again there is no law demanding you to do it that way :)
I'm impressed how clear the water is.
0:52 is actually a Titan II silo not a Titan I
The first image is but the second is correct
@@xxx7917 that's why I put a specific time stamp saying which one is wrong
We lived in a mobile home right in front of the airport on road 11 which is 2 minutes away from the missle base since 95 but moved to texas in 2011. We always wanted a chance to explore the missle never got to. My dad also worked for mike brown B&G Farms Inc.
How very interesting. Unusual that only the missile silo has flooded and not the crew accommodation side is dry. Does the water level fluctuate? Were they constructed via the cut and cap method?
What an interesting dive site! Would love to go
...Good effort and respects to Ya for getting this on film and out to people to be able to see for themselves what is so often hidden from so many due to its derelict environmental nature...all the very best for the future and take care down there...Do Well...
Very Best Regards
Jig
What o earth is that? A Batwoman scuba diver lmao!
Is this still a dive site today?
Yes sir it is still a dive site
i love how knowledgeable you are about the silos and the ICBM itself. looks like an amazing dive. I've never had the chance to dive in places like this, looks suuuper fun.
I like that the location chosen for the interview was also the one spot with the word "FUCK" sprayed in white graffiti. The interviewee sways just enough on a few occasions that he no longer blocks it, but it seems like there was a concerted effort to keep it out of the shot. Oh well!
Very cool, a new twist on a cave /wreck dive
18,000 miles an hour at 500 feet?!?! 2:43 LMAO!!!
I think that's meant to be the other way around.
The empire state building is 1450 feet!!
This is really amazing! I didn't know such a place exists. Fascinating in many ways!
This would be absolutely a blast!!! Scuba diving and looking at history would be amazing! I love exploring things from the past , it’s always amusing and interesting just to think of some of the ideas they used and ways they done it and the creativity that went into the designing things, and the things they used to process an create things and the inventions back then, I feel like sometimes the past is better than current present time. history is amazing! wish I was there to live when jfk was presented. those were the day too be living. it’s sad of what this world has become today.
I don't scuba dive...but for the chance to explore a silo, I'd certainly learn!
Speaking of...is this only for experienced divers? Are there different skill levels, and what differentiates them?
One of the outfits that will take you down there says only for experienced divers with 'advanced certification', although I don't know what that means. Recent documented cold water dives are also required. Although that's not specific, it's a dive for advanced divers, not beginners and intermediates. There are several groups that will guide the dives (WA state). If you contact any one of them I'd sure they'd tell you exactly what is required to go on the trips.
the beginning sounds like an excerpt from Pixar's "Up"
Yeah the water would equilibrate with the concrete and it would be similar in pH to a limestone cave dive. Which means low iron content in the water as you need acidic water to carry iron in large amounts. Organics would be diluted and broken down by heterotrophs. I still wouldn’t drink it but that’s why we have skin.
AWESOME video.
as they were walking down the one of them gets pulled down
Are they diving on a single tank with no back up because there are no overhead obstructions preventing them from ascending? I couldn't tell in the vid and didn't want to criticise. Looks awesome, wouldn't mind diving it.
That is correct, it is not an overhead environment, more like an enclosed on, you are always able to get to the surface. And it is awesome!
Sweet! Is the water level at sea level also or are you having to compensate for altitude?
A minor amount. The site is 1200', but most divers are running diver computers anyway.
Apparently those missile silos are contaminted with some sort of toxic fireproof or waterproof paint . Theres a youtube video of a silo being execuvated.
wouldn't be a bad movie set.
I never knew we had a silo here in WA. I knew we helped build the bombs but never knew we had a missile silo. Leanr something new every day.
There were there Titan 1 Sites in WA. Each site had 3 missiles under their command.
There's actually an abandoned missile silo in the Boeing parking lot near the Museum Of Flight.
We have a bunch of abandon ICBM sites all over the state.
I’m surprised these silos weren’t imploded, like they did with hundreds of minuteman sites during arms reduction
They were called Titan for a reason. Site 724A (where my father was killed at during construction) is next to the Arapahoe land fill near Denver. They were considering removal of the unground facilities. No frickin' way. They are a massive complex of hardened reinforced concrete designed to withstand a nuclear blast. It seems they scuba only in the one of the silos. There are other ancillary underground buildings. This is an underground city. It took 4 days using a special diamond tipped saw to remove one door so they could retrieve him and that was a mere 116 tons. Good luck trying to destroy this beast.
They were instead flooded with diverted groundwater, which was always the plan. That's why you can scuba dive in them.
Enjoyed this video, thumbs up from us and cheers from sunny IGY Simpson Bay Marina, Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.
Awesome video, would be a great experience to do, very interesting.
Would love to take my wife here and use a re-breather for the first time.
Do you have a address to this? Is it open to the public or do you need a guide?
Covered in previous posts above. Contact Undersea Adventures to arrange a SCUBA trip. It's not open to the public.
Cat ears are awesomesauce.
Amazing!!! Good good job!!!
Interesting dive. Water looks cold. What is are the temps?
1337 celsius
So, 2,438 degrees... Try again. How about 13 celsius?
+John Jerrehian God, youre boring.
+Ethan Bradberry Wasn't amused by your previous "joke" as some of us are avid divers and need how to prepare for specific dives. Punk.
+John Jerrehian Its a joke, not a death threat, take a chill pill.
2:08 how you gonna wear those nice ass shoes into that murky water
you still do dives here?
They stop doing this.
the problem i see with this especially in the dry area is that during the cold war asbestos was used in almost everything including in those bases so you should really where at-least simple masks to prevent cancer and other ill effects of asbestos inhalation
It's no problem as long as they don't blow up any dust. It's not like asbestos that was used in materials all out of a sudden floats around in the air. If something was set free, it has settled on the ground. And as long as you don't get it back in the air? No big deal.
you are correct, but you should still take the precaution just in case something is kicked up
If you've been in a house or building built before the 1980s it most likely contained asbestos! Not to much to worry about unless your stirring it up!
Noah Parkin it's not like it's friable and there's a wind storm down there. If it's not disturbed it's not going to pose a threat. Not to mention, the asbestos in that environment is all likely soaked to to the facility being flooded and the high humidity the flooding causes.
single tanks in an overhead ?
What is the overhead? It is 100% open to the surface. It is a night OW dive, just not from a shore or a boat. There are a few areas that might be considered cavern at best.
Why there is water in there?
That had to be "C" site.
Does any sunlight hit the water? Introduce some small fish... see what happens
The blast doors about 60' above the water surface have a few pinholes in them you can see light through from either tolerance in bolt holes or tiny slivers of cracks between mating metals, but it's DARK in there. I don't think fish are going to survive...and there's some industrial smells in the place anyway...kinda smells like hydraulic fluid.
Looks like a fucking video game on the thumb nail lol
Very cool dive! I'd love to get my tec diving certification and do some of this.
All you need is a recreational certification and deep-dive experience.
If you have exposure protection gear adequate for 2 cold water dives, 2 good lights, are comfortable in the dark and have good finning and buoyancy skills you can do it. No tec required as it is not an over head. Just a cold dark dive in a 110' deep pool.
WHO WOULD IF YOU HAD IT OR NOT,LOL..YOU DONT WANT TO GO IN THERE IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLACE,AND THE TRUTH WHY IT'S EMTY,BELEIVE ME.
Where is this located I would want to go and try in the future.
e near Austin, my new dive buddy mentioned that there was a decommissioned nuclear missile silo that was dive-able in Texas. If you know me, you will know there is no way I am leaving Texas without diving it. So I got on the googles and turned up the interwebs and found Valhalla! ya'll an't the only one
This video should be titled, how to get cancer and radiation poisoning in 30 seconds
I always said i am not claustrofobic...but in here i most definite would.
I always say I am claustrophobic but this isn't claustrophobic for me.
Put on all that scuba gear including a tight cold-water wetsuit, extra weight, and a hood....that's what usually will send a claustrophobic person over the edge. Walking over pipes to get to the main cylinder...not so much.
Question why is is full of water. Is it because it's under ground
Read the other replies above. Your question has been answered multiple times.
The answer is yes. It's groundwater.
Complimenti... bella avventura ;-)
2:23 batman!!
Hey is that an old jeep cab over that's unusual
Is it a public place to dive or are dive tours planned?
+Toby Barnett -- Since the silo is chained and locked, I'm guessing you have to go through their tour...or bring bolt cutters. ;-)
+SeikiBrian Being I gave up entering places that are locked without permission years ago, I'd elect for the legal route as dying doesn't sound pleasant LOL.
Since one of the guys that has (or had) permission is a local deputy....good call. You want to dive it, call Undersea Adventures in Kennewick. Bruns will hook you up.
It is most definitely NOT a public space. All the dive tours have to get specific permission. Yes, the tours are planned well in advance. The dives are intended for advanced, cold water divers. It is not a tourist type deal. You can't just go there and see the stuff that is not underwater either.
what do you want to know about it... I've got an inside source.
How did they become flooded?
+Brandon Dillon -- 40 years with no sump pumps operating.
They got filled with groundwater
When silos become inactive they often purposely flood them.
It was built below the water table in the area. When they were operational there were pumps that kept it clear. When they closed, they took the pumps.
Nailed it! 568-C was also known as "568-Sea" since it had to have pumps on the entire time it was operational.
How did the water get in? Sorry if I missed it in the video
Since they are so high up in the dessert, water seeped into the firing chambers.
Groundwater probably
It was build in an area with the water table at 30'. When it was an active site they had to use pumps to keep the water out. When they decommissioned the site they took the pumps.
you're at 999 subs right now
super cool!
Soma in real life
Probably flooded it on purpose honestly
Neither on purpose or accidental. It was build in an area with the water table at 30'. When it was an active site they had to use pumps to keep the water out. When they decommissioned the site they took the pumps.
where is this exactly in washington?
Royal City, WA www.underseaadventures.net/silo.htm
John N thanks
Could the water not be pumped out for local use?
Stargate is down there
Oh my God we are a totally insane species.. Think of all the calamity and gold spent just to aim a gun at someone else's head... Now imagine that almost 75 yrs senior... My imagination is active. Tough ass world we live in.. Wish everyone would stand down and try to coexist...
Call me a hippy. When those bright flashes go off remember my stupid comment.
Better late than never to be awoken
fla playa you think if those bright flashes go off anyone will really be worried about this comment or RUclips?
I turned my lights on and off. Nothing happened. And yes, your comment is stupid.
I'd love to do this....... Where do I book????
+timothy Austin -- underseaadventures.net/
Love the voice
Within 3 miles of their target? To me, there is no accuracy there!
The warhead was 250x stronger than the bomb at Hiroshima. 3 miles is pinpoint accuracy with a blast radius of that size.
#scubadiving #missilesilo #washingtonstate #nuclearweapons #titan1missile #silodiving
Where at in Colorado? I live there and would want to explore it
It's in WA state
Royal City, WA
There IS at least one in Colorado. There's actually a vid on here of a group of guys exploring it.
Love the cat ears she's wearing!🙄😀😘
haha i like her batman suit
Crazy to think people used to work down there an now look it's under water
Yeah, really cool too tho
It was deliberately flooded with diverted groundwater after it was decommissioned.
Wtf David is my instructor
Watching this in 2021💀
That's cool!
British Columbia Argentina Brazil.
can this site be bought ?
No, it absolutely can't be bought. Are you interested in a secret underground complex for the end times or something?
Is this the one near Dallas? When I got certified, my instructor told me about an abandoned rocket silo West of Dallas I think.
Royal City, WA
There in an atlas f silo in Abilene that you can dive in
And I would go with a guide
amazing
Dude I live in Kennewick