Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunker

“Draws on previously classified documents to reveal the sums spent on underground shelters for British and American leaders during the Cold War.” —Publishers Weekly
 
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers tells the beforehand undisclosed story of the key defence constructions constructed by the West throughout the Cold War years. Author Nick McCamley reveals the varied bunkers constructed for the U.S. Administration, together with the Raven Rock alternate conflict headquarters (the Pentagon’s wartime hideout), the Greenbrier bunker for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Mount Weather central authorities headquarter, in addition to developments in Canadas and intensive protection of the UK, together with the London bunkers and Regional War rooms constructed within the Fifties to guard towards Soviet menace. The guide examines the availability, (or extra precisely, lack of provision), of shelter area for the overall inhabitants, evaluating the state of affairs within the USA and the UK with another European international locations and with the Soviet Union.
 
McCamley additionally offers in fascinating element the huge umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian Islands via Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centered upon an unlimited secret management heart buried a whole bunch of ft under Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented within the United Kingdom with a sequence of secret radars codenamed ‘Rotor’ constructed within the early 1950’s, and eight big, inland sector management facilities, constructed over 100’ underground at monumental price. Also included is the UK Warning and Monitoring Organization with its underground bunkers and commentary posts, in addition to the little identified bunkers constructed by the varied native authorities and public utilities.