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==The Pentagon== [[File:PentagonHotDogStand.jpg|thumb|left|The former hot dog stand nicknamed Cafe Ground Zero<ref name="Pentagon" /> in the Pentagon's center courtyard.]] During the [[Cold War]], [[the Pentagon]] (headquarters of [[United States Department of Defense]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]]) was an assured target in the event of [[nuclear war]]. The open space in the center of the Pentagon became known informally as ground zero. A [[snack bar]] that used to be located at the center of this open space was nicknamed "Cafe Ground Zero".<ref name="Pentagon" >{{cite web|url=http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=1049|title=Pentagon Hot Dog Stand, Cold War Legend, to be Torn Down|quote= "It's rumored that a portion of their (Soviet) nuclear arsenal was directed at that building, the Pentagon hot dog stand", tour guides tell visitors as they pass the stand. "This is where the building earned the nickname Cafe Ground Zero, the deadliest hot dog stand in the world". |date=September 20, 2006|publisher=United States Department of Defense |first1=Steven Donald |last1=Smith |access-date=2010-05-06|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002708/http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=1049|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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