Despite CARTWHEEL being located in the middle of a residential neighborhood in a busy city and staffed by military personnel, officials went to great lengths to conceal the true purpose of these towers. They hid in plain sight, appearing to be silos or water towers (they even used civilian water trucks to send crews to some of the towers).
It was only after the cold war ended that the details of the network were declassified.
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Matt Blaze
In response to this postObsolete secret infrastructure like CARTWHEEL tower, only revealed decades later, intrigues me not just for its scale and design, but also for the obvious question it gives rise to. If this stuff effectively managed to stay unnoticed for decades, what newer secrets are hiding under our noses today?
@mattblaze I've long suspected that cell towers have given secret-infrastructure operators a set of purloined-letter-shaped opportunities in this vein. I mean, they're already everywhere, they already have antennas all over them... if you clad them kinda the same way, if they'd pass at a distance, who'd even notice one or two additions?
by mhoye ;
@mattblaze What's really annoying is when you work on a secret project that has gotten exposed to the public, I STILL CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT. I got to do some interesting things back when I was doing consulting, but still have to put the cover story on my resume.
by Xavier Ashe :donor: ;
@mattblaze Just curious, how much do you know about the FAA use of CORKSCREW nowadays?
by Rudolph's Shiny New Fuzz ;
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