It detailed the US government's secret plans for surviving a nuclear attack and rebuilding afterwards, including the role of various bunkers and agencies involved in the process.
Raven Rock, the story of the US government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die.
— Episode: CLASSIC: Top-secret Bunkers with Garrett...
Episode: CLASSIC: Top-secret Bunkers with Garrett Graff
It detailed the US government's secret plans for surviving a nuclear attack and rebuilding afterwards, including the role of various bunkers and agencies involved in the process.
Raven Rock, the story of the US government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die.
Raven Rock, the story of the US government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die.
These are the secret plans that were developed in the wake of World War Two and continue up to the present day that deal with how the US government would survive a nuclear attack and rebuild afterwards.
The title of the book comes from Raven Rock, which is the Pentagon bunker, the backup Pentagon, this hollowed out mountain in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, just over the Maryland line from Camp David, the President's weekend getaway.
And then NORAD, the Cheyenne Mountain bunker in Colorado Springs that's home to the North American air defense system, probably best known to some of the listeners here from the Matthew Broderick movie War Games.
Episode: CLASSIC: Top-secret Bunkers with Garrett Graff
It was discussed in detail, exploring the US government's secret plans for surviving a nuclear attack and the challenges in implementing those plans. The author interviewed people who were involved in the COG plans, and described the history and the details of Raven Rock, Mount Weather, and NORAD bunkers.
Raven Rock, the story of the US government's secret plan to save itself -- while the rest of us die.
So these three bunkers, the sort of crown jewels of the US government's doomsday enterprise are literally hollowed out mountains.
And the police departments, fire departments, medical facilities, you know, everything that you would need in order to have, you know, thousands of people live for weeks or even months at a time underground.
The NORAD bunker even has a Subway fast food franchise inside.
And if that disappeared, I mean, if the president was dead or incapacitated, that power would pass right on down through the National Command authorities and the presidential line of succession to the vice president and on downward to ensure that there would always be someone in charge of launching nuclear war.
