http://www.newsfirst5.com/news/update-norad-rd-closed-explosives-team-on-the-way/
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UPDATE:  NORAD Rd. closed; explosives team on the way

Posted: Feb 10, 2011 3:08 PM by Stefanie Boe, Bea Karnes
Updated: Feb 10, 2011 4:01 PM

Topics: NORAD, Peterson, explosives

We're learning that what appeared to be a false alarm is being taken more seriously than we previously reported out at NORAD. We were told by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office that a bad battery set off an explosives detector.
At this point there are still NO evacuations, but a bomb detection team is coming out to make sure there is no threat.
Peterson AFB has issued this alert:
The road to Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station is closed temporarily after a detection system tested positive on a vehicle at the gate near the installation visitors' center.
An explosives ordnance detection team and a military working dog bomb detection team from the 21st Space Wing at Peterson AFB is enroute to the scene to investigate.
"Our first responders are equipped and ready to handle these types of situations," said Col. Rusty Wilson, 721st Mission Support Group commander. "We take installation protection seriously and until we can verify the truck's contents, we are proceeding with caution."
NORAD Road, the road into Cheyenne Mountain AFS, is closed as a precautionary measure, part of the installation's protection procedure.
Officials ask non-essential personnel to avoid the area to allow emergency responders access to the scene. Broadmoor Bluffs residents should use alternate routes into the area, avoiding NORAD Road.
We'll keep you updated here and on News First 5 at 5 & 6.

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a binational United States and Canadian organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Aerospace warning includes the monitoring of man-made objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles, utilizing mutual support arrangements with other commands. Aerospace control includes ensuring air sovereignty and air defense of the airspace of Canada and the United States.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10305509-52.html
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The ACC, as seen in this photo, has certainly been "scrubbed," meaning that personnel in the room were very careful to ensure that nothing sensitive was visible in the shot. Still, you can get a sense for what goes on in the room today. To be sure, it looks very little like the giant command center that was made so famous in "War Games." Yet in today's world, where everything is smaller, more compact, and more efficient than back in the early 1980s, it's no wonder that a facility like this would have the feel of an office full of cubicles.

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