modern marvels - bunkers

nkers - and bunker buster bombs - received plenty of attention during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and this episode of Modern Marvels provides a good summary and background into bunker construction, as well as the bunker mentality, past and present. It also provides some valuable insight into the ways bunkers have changed the way we fight wars over time. The documentary opens with a look at "Project Greek Island," the massive bunker complex hidden away beneath the first-class Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Built in the late 1950s, this massive underground structure was designed to serve as an emergency relocation center for all the members of Congress. The most amazing thing about this bunker is the fact that its construction remained a complete secret, even to all the men and women who enjoyed the comforts of the resort during that construction, under the cover of a new west wing and golf course. Amazingly, the Greenbrier's secret was not revealed until 1992, when the Washington Post spilled the beans in a treasonous article, leading to the site's almost immediate decommission. As this documentary shows, the only safe bunkers in today's day and age are those no one knows about. This includes the famous bunker located beneath Cheyenne Mountain, which we also get to take a look at courtesy of this program.

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