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The Air Force's vast fields of underground nuclear missile silos are rarely disturbed by more than the occasional wandering cow or floating spy balloon. Whereas the nuclear launch sites are almost undetectable — just small, rectangular plots of land marked only by antennae, a chain-link fence and a flat 110,000-ton (100,000-metric tonne) concrete silo blast door — the turbines are hundreds of feet high, with long, sweeping blades that have parts so large and long they dwarf t...

The Air Force is asking Congress to restrict further construction of the towering wind turbines that have edged closer to its nuclear missile sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force's vast fields of underground nuclear missile silos are rarely disturbed by mor...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force's vast fields of underground nuclear missile silos are rarely disturbed by more than the occasional wandering cow or

There are hundreds of underground silos spread across the U.S., in Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

Towering wind turbines are growing in number and size and are edging closer to the Air Force’s underground nuclear missile silos each year.

The Air Force is asking Congress to restrict further construction of the towering wind turbines that have edged closer to its nuclear missile sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska

The turbines, which provide power to nearby communities, could be a danger to aircraft landing at the sites.

The silos in Nebraska and other states share space on farmlands with turbines, which make it dangerous for military helicopters to fly in low and fast when an alarm triggers.

The U.S. Air Force is facing an unexpected challenge related to the growing number and size of wind turbines near its underground nuclear missile silos, officials say.