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Why are Nuclear Bunkers Made and What is Their Purpose?

 

Ever since the discovery of nuclear energy it became clear that humans had the capacity to destroy the planet they rely so much to live on and also has the capacity to destroy everything they have achieved. Due to the dangers a nuclear bomb can posses and the destruction it brings, a lot of countries has faced the fact that making counter measures for nuclear weapons is needed to continue the survival of their country. The United States and Soviet Union almost destroyed the entire world surrounding it with nuclear flame but has been stopped through smart actions and diplomatic approaches.

 

Read some tips in building underground homes. Because of the destruction a nuclear bomb can create, the United States and Soviet Union made nuclear bunkers to ensure that the population of their countries survive through the atomic war although not everyone can go to these bunkers and survive, it still makes the people safe knowing that their is a chance that they might survive the upcoming war although that war that they readily prepared for didn't happen. The United States made a lot of nuclear bunkers to ensure that the population might survive and also might rebuild the glory of their patriotic and great country.

 

The Soviet Union did the same, building hundreds of nuclear bunkers that can withstand nuclear radiation and the initial blast itself. During the cold war both sides had the feeling that if one throws a nuclear missile to the other one, the other one would also retaliate sparking an atomic war and making both sides lose since both of them won't survive the devastation a nuclear war would bring to their countries. Nuclear bunkers are made because it can withstand nuclear blasts and radiation since both of these things are very dangerous to humans. Here’s more for you to learn: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/hiroshima-obama-explainer/.

 

Nuclear bunkers were created in middle of cities such as the capital of the United States, Washington DC. There are plenty of places nuclear bunkers were made because sometimes being directly hit by a nuclear bomb won't ensure the safety of the people inside the bomb shelter and seeking refuge. There are plenty of types of nuclear shelters such as those simple bunkers where people don't really stay that long and other bunkers that include almost everything a population needs to survive a couple of months or even years maybe. To learn more on nuclear bunkers, check the web.

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