In Popular Culture
- In novels, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) has the mountain destroyed, in For Special Services (1982) the bunker is infiltrated, and in Footfall (1985) the government uses the bunker after aliens attack.
- In films, WarGames (1983) is set partly at the command center, and Independence Day (1995) identifies that aliens destroyed the installation.
- In television, Stargate SG-1 and Jeremiah series are set partly in the bunker.
- In games, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001) uses the complex for cryogenic stasis after a nuclear war, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 uses filmed video of the base.
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