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Here it is the dream home you have all been waiting for - for the measly sum of only $832 grand you, yes You can have your very own nuclear bunker complete with decontamination chambers and a kitchen!
I see a bidding war on this one! LOL
Now, if Ireland just had 2nd Amendment rights you could fill it with your very own missile!
Oh my god, SPB, haven't seen that place in years! I will say, someone has spruced that place up as it's last use was storage and an armory. Honestly, I think some of the items they are showing are more for ambiance and are not fully functional as they were originally. The only drawback is it's located within a suburban industrial area and if memory serves me correctly, maybe 30 or so miles from Belfast via the M2. However, even if most of the interior is for show purposes, the structure itself is an actual UK nuclear shelter.
This is all hypothetical as how many folk can actually afford to move from their home now to any bunker type abode? That said, a good idea but at very least, getting into like-minded "patriot turf" would help. Those states of MT, WY, ID & eastern WA & OR seems the best for -- most like-minded to the cause. I think end of world status takes some doing yet, for most & I know, to be ready for ANYTHING is a HUGE task -- let alone feasible if not attempted on a day to day plan. Ok, just my 2 cents but I think it is on the mark.
I think missile silo's would be somewhat apt to be targeted. Maybe not specific silo's but areas where there are a lot of missile silo's.
Seem to recall old missile silo's being available for ~$30,000...years ago....90's? Decrepit? Probably.
Imagine what it costs to build these things. Shiver.
Missile silos and their launch control facility really aren't designed for long term survival. They would need massive and expensive retrofitting to make them habitable even as a survival shelter.
The silo itself were never designed for human occupation. Since the missile had its own stored combustion, it wouldn't matter how poisonous or contaminated the silo's air became because the missile didn't need to breath like humans. As a result, ventilation was for maintenance purposes and exhaust, never for living. Since most missiles would have been launched before the opposing missiles struck their targets, there was never a need to have a ventilation system that can survive any type of long term contamination or even survive a blast. Since the odds are there were no missiles left to launch when the first opposing missiles hit, ventilation and contamination control was never a priority for the silo itself.
The launch control facility was also not designed for long -term survival. The missile launch crews was only needed to be kept alive inside the facility just long enough to launch the missiles. Afterwards, they were just an expendable item. Although the launch facility did have a breathable environment, in an emergency it was sealed off and minimal life support ventilation was available. Once again, the aim of the facility was to keep the crew alive just long enough to launch the missiles not survive the aftermath for any length of time.
Like any underground or encapsulated facility, (missile silo, launch control, bunker, hidy-hole) the weakest part is ventilation. If you look at the US government's survival shelters, you will notice the ventilation system is quite elaborate and far reaching. In some locations the intake and exhaust vents can be miles from the facility with multiple spider systems that enables vents to be isolated if some form of contamination is detected. Silos and launch control facilities have the ventilation intakes and exhaust within the fence line and at some of the Atlas sites, a big tarp and roll of duct tape was all it takes to suffocate those below ground.
Missile silos and their launch control facility really aren't designed for long term survival. They would need massive and expensive retrofitting to make them habitable even as a survival shelter.
The silo itself were never designed for human occupation. Since the missile had its own stored combustion, it wouldn't matter how poisonous or contaminated the silo's air became because the missile didn't need to breath like humans. As a result, ventilation was for maintenance purposes and exhaust, never for living. Since most missiles would have been launched before the opposing missiles struck their targets, there was never a need to have a ventilation system that can survive any type of long term contamination or even survive a blast. Since the odds are there were no missiles left to launch when the first opposing missiles hit, ventilation and contamination control was never a priority for the silo itself.
The launch control facility was also not designed for long -term survival. The missile launch crews was only needed to be kept alive inside the facility just long enough to launch the missiles. Afterwards, they were just an expendable item. Although the launch facility did have a breathable environment, in an emergency it was sealed off and minimal life support ventilation was available. Once again, the aim of the facility was to keep the crew alive just long enough to launch the missiles not survive the aftermath for any length of time.
Like any underground or encapsulated facility, (missile silo, launch control, bunker, hidy-hole) the weakest part is ventilation. If you look at the US government's survival shelters, you will notice the ventilation system is quite elaborate and far reaching. In some locations the intake and exhaust vents can be miles from the facility with multiple spider systems that enables vents to be isolated if some form of contamination is detected. Silos and launch control facilities have the ventilation intakes and exhaust within the fence line and at some of the Atlas sites, a big tarp and roll of duct tape was all it takes to suffocate those below ground.
^^^^^^ s pretty much correct. better to try and buy 1 of the communications bunkers that the feds sell every now and then.
I'll pile on and say the communications bunkers are the way to go.
Many (most?) were part of the AT&T long-lines system. They were meant to keep communications going after some major event (primarily nuclear as this long-lines system was constructed as part of civil defense if the cold war went hot).
They're made to be self-sufficient with their own deep water wells, sewer systems, power/electrical and air filtration. They don't have something like a silo which often become a pond of stagnant water.
Even if you don't find one of the long-line's underground bunkers, they're above-ground facilities are pretty hardened as well.
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