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2023-05-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Paranoid Putin's Black Sea bunker revealed: Plans show network of James Bond-style blast-proof tunnels 160ft beneath sprawling £1billion cliff-side mansion capable of supporting VIPs for weeks
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top

#1 ...And a large, obvious, and easily-defeated self-destruct mechanism, one hopes.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-05-19 08:20||   2023-05-19 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 "But Volodya, what will you do when the Communists come back?"
Posted by Matt 2023-05-19 09:02||   2023-05-19 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Doesn't the impregnable secret lair come with the title of evil genius mastermind?
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-05-19 09:08||   2023-05-19 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 So is there an escape submarine on orbit?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-19 09:27||   2023-05-19 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 What about the cat? Doesn't he need a cat ?
Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-19 09:28||   2023-05-19 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 a hairless one, and not just shaved
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-19 09:57||   2023-05-19 09:57|| Front Page Top

#7 The implication is that Putin is some kind of crazed, James Bond type of villain because he built a bomb shelter. OK. We get it. Putin is a villain.

But our own government has bomb shelters too. Maybe our government is better at keeping secret just how lavish and extensive their shelters are.

Raven Rock is fully operational, and should the United States break out into nuclear war, it's where defense operations would likely be centered.

It's a good bet Raven Rock is not the only hidey-hole that our government maintains.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-05-19 11:46||   2023-05-19 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 If I was gonna build a hideout bunker, I wouldn't put it within easy fire range of an open coastline. Just sayin'.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-05-19 14:00||   2023-05-19 14:00|| Front Page Top

#9 
#4 So is there an escape submarine on orbit?
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-19 09:27

Escape Zeppelin.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-05-19 14:22||   2023-05-19 14:22|| Front Page Top

#10 We have have niche construction market for just such shelters, for private citizens. Even specialists in turning old silos into living quarters. Even a TV show about it.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-19 15:55||   2023-05-19 15:55|| Front Page Top

#11 I've seen and thought about the de-miled silo deal.
My question: What if somebody out there hasn't updated their target list, and your location is still on it?
Posted by ed in texas 2023-05-19 18:50||   2023-05-19 18:50|| Front Page Top

#12 #9 - Mike: Hypersonic Zeppelin. Finest Soviet Science™
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-19 18:53||   2023-05-19 18:53|| Front Page Top

#13 /\ How do you say "Murph's Law" in Russian ?
Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-19 18:54||   2023-05-19 18:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Sorry to rain on the parade, but nix the Hypersonic Zeppelins. Leading Russian Hypersonic scientists got arrested for selling secrets to China.

Maybe hypersonic Zeppelins over Taiwan in a few years.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-19 21:11||   2023-05-19 21:11|| Front Page Top

#15 It was ridiculous sarcasm, but thanks for playing
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-19 22:01||   2023-05-19 22:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Back at you.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-19 22:05||   2023-05-19 22:05|| Front Page Top

#17 Now blueprints reveal a pair of reinforced tunnels running deep underground

Hmmm, neighbors with Bill Gates? Richard Branson?
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-19 22:40||   2023-05-19 22:40|| Front Page Top

#18 Subterranean fiction
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-19 23:44||   2023-05-19 23:44|| Front Page Top

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