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Project Iceworm: The U.S. Army’s Secret Nuclear Missile Base Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

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Spy Craft

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Apr 22, 2026

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263

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Summary

In this episode, we examine Project Iceworm, the U.S. Army’s secret Cold War plan from the 1950s and 1960s to construct a massive network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites beneath the Greenland ice sheet. Disguised as the scientific research station Camp Century, the project raised serious counterintelligence concerns with Denmark and long-term environmental risks due to buried nuclear wast