Threat of nuclear war: find out what a luxury fallout shelter looks like

March 25, 2022 / Jerome Goulon

As tensions generated by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continue to grow, some fear a third world war and especially a nuclear conflict. It must be said that the declarations of Vladimir Putin, who threatens to use force in the event of failure of negotiations, those of Joe Biden, who describes the Russian president as a dictator, and those of Volodymyr Zelensky, who announces that he does not want to give up anything , do not give rise to optimism. Although we are still far from the worst scenario, namely that of a nuclear war which would wipe out the world, interest in anti-atomic shelters is exploding, particularly in France. For example, traffic to the website of the Bünkl company, one of the specialists, jumped by 4% in February. If it costs between 000 and 80 euros for a “standard” bunker measuring 000 to 150 square meters, the bill can skyrocket for the richest and most demanding. Thus, in the United States, where the fear of nuclear conflict is not new, particularly due to past tensions with North Korea, American entrepreneurs have acquired military land housing bunkers and redeveloped them into anti-atomic residences. luxury that they offer at a high price. These complexes have all the comforts: swimming pool, cinema room, classroom, treatment room, etc. These shelters would allow their occupants to live in total self-sufficiency for several years, thanks to their large reserves of drinking water and their cultivation systems. above ground or air filtering. Find out what these luxury fallout shelters look like…

+ 3 million for a luxury bunker:
At Survival Condo, a company that markets fallout shelters in the United States, the high prices are not a deterrent and the bunkers are selling like hot cakes: count on $3 million for a full floor of 170 m2, and 1,5 million for half an apartment, without forgetting of course the 5 dollars in monthly charges. As a view, an image taken by an external camera is broadcast on a screen acting as a “window”…

+ Swimming pool and garden for dogs:
In the luxury bunkers, everything is planned so that the inhabitants can have fun as if they were not confined underground. Swimming pool with slide, classroom for children, cinema with a catalog of 3 films, library, and even a garden reserved for dogs! Two pets weighing less than 000 kilos per owner are accepted in the shelter.

+ Doctors first!
Demand being strong in the United States, and supply nonetheless limited, the first owners were chosen according to a specific criterion: they are doctors or dentists, essential professions in the event of self-sufficiency. In return, these buyers have the obligation to work 4 hours a day for the community in the event of nuclear war.

+ Culture and stocks:
The shelter has a reserve of 300 liters of drinking water, ponds for raising tilapia, as well as a place for growing hydroponic vegetables: this ancient method allows rapid cultivation with a closed water circuit. Finally, air filters help resist chemical and bacteriological attacks.

Water reserves and hydroponics….

+ The super bunker:
In Kansas, United States, $20 million of work was needed to make an abandoned silo habitable. Sinking up to 53 meters into the ground, it has 12 apartments, with a capacity of 75 people. A real underground and autonomous city has been built. Bought for $300 from the army, this military site saw its value multiplied by 000!

A giant bunker with 12 apartments