Raven Rock Mountain Complex
The Raven Rock Mountain Complex (RRMC), also known as Site R, is a U.S. military installation with an underground nuclear bunker near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, at Raven Rock Mountain that has been called an "underground Pentagon".: 2 The bunker has emergency operations centers for the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Along with Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center in Virginia and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado, it formed the core bunker complexes for the US continuity of government plan during the Cold War to survive a nuclear attack.
| Raven Rock Mountain Complex | |
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| Liberty Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
The Site R tunnel entrance with abutments (39.729642°N 77.432468°W, white figure in illustration) now has a building that is visible from a public road intersection to the west, particularly when trees are bare. The tunnel's other (east) opening is near the military installation's above-ground support area near the Route 16 intersection with Jacks Mountain Road. | |
Raven Rock Mountain Complex Raven Rock Mountain Complex | |
| Coordinates | 39°44′02″N 077°25′10″W (mountain summit) |
| Type | Nuclear bunker |
| Site information | |
| Owner | U.S. government |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1951–1953 |
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