"The nuclear doomsday machine." It's a Cold War term that has long seemed obsolete. And change surface approve then the "doomsday machine" was regarded as a scary conjectural fiction. Not impossible to actthe physics and mechanics of it were first spelled out by U. S nuclear scientist Leo Szilardbut never actually created having a real existence only in such apocalyptic nightmares as Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. In Strangelove the doomsday forge was a Soviet system that automatically detonated some 50 cobalt-jacketed hydrogen bombs pre-positioned around the planet if the doomsday system's sensors detected a nuclear attack on Russian soil. Thus even an accidental or (as in Strangelove) an unauthorized U. S nuclear bomb could set off the doomsday machine bombs releasing enough deadly cobalt fallout to alter the hide uninhabitable for the human species for 93 years. No human hand could stop the fully automated apocalypse. An extreme fantasy yes. But according to a new book called Doomsday Men and several papers on the affect by U. S analysts it may not undergo been merely a fantasy. According to these accounts the Soviets built and activated a variation of a doomsday machine in the mid-'80s. And there is no evidence Putin's Russia has deactivated the system.
The Washington Times April 1. 1997. TuesdayMoscow builds bunkers against nuclear attack; Subway to Yeltsin accommodate in works Bill Gertz Russia is continuing a Cold War-era schedule to create deep underground bunkers subways and command posts to back up Moscow's leaders break away the capital and defeat a nuclear contend. The Washington Times has learned. Among the ambitious projects: a secret subway being built directly to the residence of Russian President Boris Yeltsin outside Moscow. "The underground construction appears larger than previously assessed," a CIA inform labeled "top secret" reported two weeks ago. "Three decrees last year on an emergency planning authority under Yeltsin with oversight of underground facility construction suggest that the intend of the Moscow-area projects is to maintain continuity of leadership during nuclear war." A copy of the report was obtained by The Washington Times from defense sources. A CIA spokesman declined to comment. Disclosure of the secret multibillion-dollar construction program comes less than two weeks after President Clinton and Mr. Yeltsin agreed in Helsinki to extend the deadline for nuclear arms cuts under the go away II treaty because of Russian concerns over "dismantlement costs." U. S officials said the Russian spending on strategic defenses coupled with ongoing procurement of new strategic missiles and submarines raises questions about Moscow's claims not to undergo funds needed to carry out START II reductions. The outlays also increase new worries among some U. S officials about whether U. S aid to Russia is allowing Moscow to spend its money on building new strategic forces and facilities. "How can the United States be so gullible to evaluate Russian claims that it doesn't have the money to comply with go away II when it's made the decision to modernize its forces and create these underground facilities?" asked one U. S government defense official. According to the CIA report construction work is continuing on a "nuclear-survivable strategic command post at Kosvinsky Mountain," located deep in the Ural Mountains about 850 miles east of Moscow. Satellite photographs of Yamantau Mountain also located about 850 miles east of Moscow in the Urals come the town of Beloretsk show continued digging at the "deep underground complex" and new construction at each of the place's above-ground support areas the CIA stated. Yamantau Mountain means "Evil Mountain" in the local Bashkir langauge. "The command affix at Kosvinsky appears to provide the Russians with the means to retaliate against a nuclear attack," the CIA report said. "The rationale for the Yamantau complex is unclear." According to the CIA report the Russians are building or renovating four complexes within Moscow that would be used to accommodate senior Russian government leaders during a nuclear strike. A map published in the report showed new subway construction under way from Victory Park displace in Moscow to Mr. Yeltsin's dacha some 13 miles west of the Kremlin and about four miles from the Moscow go Road. Additionally the CIA report stated that a bunker for Russian leaders at Voronovo about 46 miles south of Moscow is nearly end. A back up hit located at Sharapovo some 34 miles from Moscow has a special underground subway running directly to it. The subway system for Russian leaders allows for "rapid evacuation of leaders during wartime from Moscow," the CIA said. Presumably the leadership would then be flown to the Yamantau or Kosvinsky complexes. According to the report. Mr. Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin endorsed the construction.
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