- Command Post Tango
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Command Post Tango (AKA CP TANGO),[1] is a 5 billion dollar top secret facility covering over 240 acres (0.97 km2) and over 8,500,000,000 square feet (790,000,000 m2) above and below ground military bunker U.S. Government real property. It is the Theater Command Post for the Combatant Commander, UNC/CFC/USFK and State Department Korea. It is located in South Korea about 11 miles (17 km) south of Seoul.
Condoleezza Rice visited the bunker in her March 2005 trip to six Asian nations as well as the President of South Korea Lee Myung-Bak. [2] Lee Myung-Bak also visited the bunker in August 2008.
Numerous outer resources of this facility include a water treatment operations center, living quarters, several helicopter landing zones, container storage area, equipment and facility supply storage area, operations location for fire department, Emergency Response Center, numerous other structures include building for external armed security personnel, Directorate of Public Works personnel, Korean Service Corps personnel, Installation Facility Management, communications personnel and a live fire range with range personnel.
Command Post Tango stands for Tactical Air Naval Ground Operations Center ( ). The CP was built right after the Korean War. There are more Command Posts scattered across the globe in Europe, America, Hawaii and the far east.
References
- ^ "CP TANGO / Command Post TANGO" at globalsecurity.org
- ^ "Remarks to Troops at Command Post Tango Command Post Tango Operations Center ", Condoleezza Rice, 2005
Coordinates: 37°25′34″N 127°03′33″E / 37.4260°N 127.0593°E
Categories:- United States military in South Korea
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