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Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, U.S. intelligence sources believe the Russian government has pumped more than $6 billion into Yamantau alone, to construct a sprawling underground complex that spans an area as large as Washington, D.C., inside the Beltway -- some 400 square miles.
In 1998, in a rare public comment, then-Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) Gen. Eugene Habinger, called Yamantau "a very large complex -- we estimate that it has millions of square feet available for underground facilities. We don't have a clue as to what they're doing there."
It is believed to be large enough to house 60,000 persons, with a special air filtration system designed to withstand a nuclear, chemical or biological attack. Enough food and water is believed to be stored at the site to sustain the entire underground population for months on end.
Originally posted by AgentSmith
That's true, it just seems so large and they seem to have put so much money into it, even after the Cold War was over.
Originally posted by AgentSmith
That's true, it just seems so large and they seem to have put so much money into it, even after the Cold War was over.
Originally posted by taibunsuu
Remember how NORAD is way beneath Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado? That was a very publicized project. It doesn't make much sense to let your enemies know where to aim there ICBMs, so either the US was so confident Cheyenne was impervious to nukes that it didn't need secrecy, or there are other areas reserved.