U.S. Overseeing Mysterious Construction Project In Israel -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex, oddly named “Site 911,” at an Israeli Air Force base near Tel Aviv.
Expected to take more than two years to build, at a cost of up to $100 million, the facility is to have classrooms on Level 1, an auditorium on Level 3, a laboratory, shock-resistant doors, protection from nonionizing radiation and very tight security. Clearances will be required for all construction workers, guards will be at the fence and barriers will separate it from the rest of the base.
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Update #1: Why Is The US Building A Secret $100 Million Underground Facility Outside Tel Aviv? -- Business Insider
Update #2: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers taking bids to build complex for Israeli Air Force -- CNN
My Comment: Any predictions that there will be American personal at this installation once this it is completed,?
I don't think it's a base to house mass amounts of troops, so having American personal, it might have, but a sizeable garrison? Doubt it, seems more like an underground secure command base to operate from in times of war or heightened nuclear tensions...
ReplyDeleteWould make sense.