Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself-While the Rest of Us Die, written journalist Garrett Graff.Īmong the known facilities involved in the COG plans that are still in use are the Raven Rock Mountain Complex near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania the site at Peters Mountain in Virginia's Appalachians the Mount Weather bunker in Bluemont, Virginia and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in El Paso County, Colorado.

These bunkers were built as part of 'Continuity of Government' (COG) plans, which received renewed interest and funding after the 9/11 attacks, according to the book Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. government constructed a number of bunkers around Washington, D.C., and elsewhere that were designed to provide a safe haven for high-ranking members and staff during a nuclear attack on the country. Specially designed bunkers may provide some degree of protection to people in the event of a nuclear attack.īut where are all the nuclear bunkers in the United States and who are they for?ĭuring the Cold War, the U.S.

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February, concerns over the potential use of nuclear weapons have grown.

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