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TheSecret World of Underground Bunkers(http://io9.com/the-secret-world-of-underground-bunkers-511609185)
Underground bunkers are among the world's most fascinating structures. They're designed to
protect people from the w orst effects of atomic warfare and global annihilation. Here is an
incredi ble look inside some of the most secure locations on the planet.
The German Government Bunker (Regierungsbunker), 16 miles (25km) south of Bonn, Germany
Officially named Emergency Seat of the Federal Constitutional Organs for the State of Crisis or
State of Defence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Defence_(Germany)) to Maintain
their Ability to Function, (Ausweichsitz der Verfassungsorgane des Bundes im Krisen- und
Verteidigungsfall zur Wahrung von deren Funktionstüchtigkeit, or AdVB) and built between
1960 and 1972.
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Griesbaum (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jan-griesbaum/tags/regierungsbunker/) and
Felix/fxp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fxp/2354259128/))
Burlington Cold War City (but known as Stockwell, Subterfuge,Turnstile and Site 3), Corsham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
This is the former emergency relocation site for the British government in the event of nuclear
attack.
Coffee machine in the main canteen, of course.
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The BBC's underground broadcasting studios for the Prime Minister to address the nation.
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A wooden telephone switchboard from the 1950s
This butterfly valve could be closed to prevent nuclear fallout or chemical contamination from
entering the ventilation system.
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The storage area, containing everything from glass ashtrays to stationary and unused
telephones.
This telephone exchange was maintainted by British Telecom until the mid-80s.
The Prime Minister's private bathroom
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(via Burlington Bunker (http://www.burlingtonbunker.co.uk/), The Blog Below
(http://www.theblogbelow.com/2008/07/burlington-nuclear-bunker-at-c.html))
The Greenbrier (or the Project Greek Island, Project Casper orProject X), the former U.S. Government Relocation Facility, WhiteSulphur Springs, West Virginia
This emergency shelter under the Greenbrier Hotel was never actually used, and its existence
was revealed thirty years after its completion, in 1992 by Ted Gup of The Washington Post.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/july/25/brier1.htm)
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(via Bobak Ha'Eri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008-0831-TheGreenbrier-North.jpg),
The Blog Below (http://www.soap.com.au/underground/2008/05/the-greenbreir-
bunker.html) and Not Purfect
(http://www.notpurfect.com/travel/nuke/green/greenbrier.html))
Emergency Government Headquarters, built for the Government of Canada
These bunkers are called Diefenbunkers, after the Prime Minister of the day, John Diefenbaker.
War Room
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Nuclear Room
The Prime Minister's office
At the subterranean dentist's office.
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The doctor's office
Teletype machines
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Cafeteria
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Canada
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/autoexposurecanada/sets/72057594128522089/with/155032
326/) and Amy Allcock
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/amyallcock/sets/72157615934465985/with/3391535111/))
Underground Project 131, Hubei province, China
This system of tunnels was constructed in the 1960s and 1970s for the Chinese military
command headquarters in a nuclear war. It was never fully completed, and now it functions as a
museum.
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"Visitors not allowed beyond this point."
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Communication center
(via Wikimedia Commons
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Underground_Project_131))
Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker (NORAD), near ColoradoSprings, Colorado
The complex was designed to withstand a 30 megaton nuclear explosion within 1.2 mi (1.9 km).
It was built between 1961 and 1966, and used for forty years.
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(via Wikimedia Commons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NORADNorth-Portal.jpg),
USAF 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NORADBlast-Doors.jpg) - 2
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NORADCommandCenter.jpg))
Bonus: A bunker, used during the two World Wars, somewhere inFrance
Abandoned since the 1970s.
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Office space
Left: "From Hell to Heaven", right: mushrooms.
A 77mm Model-1896 WWI field cannon
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Panhard VCR
A French military truck
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ERC-90, designed in the 1970s
Inside the VCR
(via Defense Tech (http://defensetech.org/2012/04/25/ffffound-underground/) and Pridian
(http://pridian.net/blog/archives/154))
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SheThing (http://shething.ki…
You're always so quick to post items from
Hungary, I can't believe that you left out
sziklakórház! That is a bunker with a
fascinating history...
6/07/13 3:56pm (http://io9.com/youre-always-so-quick-to-post-items-from-hungary-i-can-512021277)
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Vincze Miklós (http://vincze_…
You're right, but there were some licensing
issues.
And the same thing happened with the secret
Hungarian government bunker under the
Buda Castle.6/08/13 5:52pm (http://io9.com/youre-right-but-there-were-some-licensing-issues-and-512135858)
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Major Tom (http://majortom…
Vince, dammit... your posts are always my
favorite.
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Vincze Miklós (http://vincze_…
I'm happy to see this!
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lshell1 (http://lshell1.kinja.co…
Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this
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MiniLee (http://minilee.kinja…
Cmon guys, they're still using Cheyenne
Mountain...
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button?
Ford Prefect: I wouldn't-
Arthur Dent: Oh.
Ford Prefect: What happened?
Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do
not press this button again.'
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Vincze Miklós (http://vincze_…
That's why I love every single commenter
here!
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Vincze Miklós (http://vincze_…
No, Stargate Universe was cancelled in 2011,four years after the original series :((( Sad
story.
6/08/13 5:58pm (http://io9.com/no-stargate-universe-was-cancelled-in-2011-four-years-512136321)
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Daybreaker (http://daybrea…
Wasn't Cheyenne Mountain the base in
Stargate SG-1?
6/06/13 5:16pm (http://io9.com/wasnt-cheyenne-mountain-the-base-in-stargate-sg
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Dwayne Day (http://dwayne…
I think that technically, Stargate Command
was supposed to be UNDER Cheyenne
Mountain.
I toured CM a couple of years ago. It's mostly
shut down. There's a backup command
center there, and apparently a few things
that are classified (as in other agency
command centers, but likely small ones).
There's a little visitor's center/museum
inside the gate, not open to the general
public. One disappointing thing was that I
saw no references at all to Stargate, even
though they had publicity photos of other
"famous" visitors, like AAA baseball teams.
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MrAllspark (http://mrallspar…
That awkward moment when you go to
watch some TV but then you remember the
human race has been nearly eradicated, if
not irradiated so no ones minding the TV
stations.
#deadworldproblems
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MrAllspark (http://mrallspar…
The picture speaks to me though: three TV's
and nothing to watch, I call it the " American
Nightmare".
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mwhite66 (http://mwhite66…
The Greenbrier bunker was conceived at at
time when the principal threat was manned
Russian bombers. Our air defense system
gave us up to 8 hours warning, enough time
to bus VIPs to bunkers. With the advent of
ICBMs, warning times were reduced to 30
minutes at most, making these bunkers
obsolete.
Also, the Greenbrier was sized to house the
House and Senate members, but not their
families. When interviewed, most members
said they wouldn't go but would stay with
their wives and children.
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lightninglouie (http: //lightnin…
I love Cold War era codenames for defense
preparedness levels.
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AdmiralThrax (http://admiral…
As a child stationed on a CDN Forces base
with my parents in what was (Baden-
Sollingen) 'West Germany', we routinely
heard radio broadcasts cut short by this:
"SNOWBALL SNOWBALL SNOWBALL,
THIS IS AN OPERATION SNOWBALL. ALL
PERSONNEL REPORT TO THEIR WAR-
TASK ASSIGNED PLACE OF DUTY. THIS
IS A SNOWBALL". It was an alert drill that
had all of the men report to the base, some 8
km away. Only once did we hear something
different, and we quickly grabbed the little
suitcases under our beds and headed to
board a flight to Greenland. That was during
the aborted rescue in Tehran during the
Carter administration.
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ChrisWhiteWrites (http://chri…
No love for Beijing's Underground City? It's
85 square kilometres, and the tunnels were
dug by hand. the Underhround City was
capable of holding 6,000,000 people in case
of a nuclear war with the USSR, and iscurrently (and illegally) inhabited.
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AdmiralThrax (http://admiral…
I should note that halfway tot he base, the
alert returned to a SNOWBALL, and life as
we knew it returned to it's normal, albeit
weird routine.
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And one of the *secret* entrances:
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Iwona Burgunda (http://kris…
I am surprised that China cares enough
about its people to house 6 million of them.
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mwhite66 (http://mwhite66…
These are shots of the Cabinet War Rooms,
the underground bunker in London from
which Winston Churchill conducted World
War II. It's open to the public, and well
worth the trip next time you're in old Blighty.
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