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Inside the doomsday bunker for the super rich
In episode two of Hacking the Apocalypse, Claire Reilly looks at the risk of an all-out nuclear war and tours a Cold-War era missile silo that’s now a luxury escape bunker.
In episode two of Hacking the Apocalypse, Claire Reilly looks at the risk of an all-out nuclear war and tours a Cold-War era missile silo that’s now a luxury escape bunker.
Tyler Durden
July 7, 2020 at 12:35 pm
I have literally *ZERO* interest in living in a world where the leaders of the nations feel the need to USE nuclear weapons.
If you look at the nuclear weapons nations now possess, if some asshat leader ever uses them, then that leader needs to be assassinated immediately by any nation capable of doing so.
As for converting a missile silo into a fancy bunker house… Yeah, so? People with lots of money feather their nests.
What good is surviving an apocalypse if you have to turn into a Morlock to survive?
Tyler Durden
July 7, 2020 at 12:39 pm
Already live in Kansas. I’d rather live on a yacht in the middle of the ocean away from any civilization stupid enough to shoot off a nuke.
Tappajaav
July 8, 2020 at 1:16 am
So when are we allowed to speak about Fight Club?
Soumik Hazra Choudhuri
July 7, 2020 at 1:23 pm
Nuclear war days are over
Bio war ONLY
Michael Boys
July 7, 2020 at 2:37 pm
This is like something straight out of sci-fi!! Its insane!!!!
bud simpson
July 7, 2020 at 2:43 pm
Rev 6:15
And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders,[fn] the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,
Krisztián Kőrösi
July 7, 2020 at 3:04 pm
Is there a ticket to move in already?
Xsiner
July 7, 2020 at 3:05 pm
What if you live on the other side of the country how are you going to get to the bunker in time if sometime is going down?
Francesco Varrato
July 7, 2020 at 3:15 pm
When you lure rich, powerful people to stay comfy in the aftermath of doomsday, you’re diverting their attention to fight for peace and prevent it instead. I argue that this is as criminal as educating people in using weapons just to live. USA is a nation I cannot understand
Jonathan Mayer
July 7, 2020 at 4:00 pm
1 person in the US does NOT have access to launching missiles. Its more complicated than that.
PhantomMatrix
July 7, 2020 at 4:37 pm
They got enough firepower in there to takedown groups of zombies! lol 7:33
Tappajaav
July 8, 2020 at 1:09 am
If all of the video was practical then there’d be only few guns(preferably something very reliable) using same caliber rounds and LOTS of ammo stockpiled
Kasey Wahl
July 7, 2020 at 4:39 pm
“So secret, I can’t tell you where it is.”
*Shows overhead drone footage.*
*Says we’re not in Kansas anymore… We’re below Kansas.*
Anyone found it on Google maps yet? This whole thing seems more like a gimmick than an actual bunker.
Rudie Obias
July 7, 2020 at 5:15 pm
It’s like Snowpiercer, but underground…
DJ Sliick
July 7, 2020 at 5:16 pm
My Homebody Vibes Are Thriving Right Now!
Richard Lucas
July 7, 2020 at 5:19 pm
Kinda absurd. If it ever came to pass that they needed to hide from others trying to kill them, they have built a tomb for themselves, with ventilation shafts that can be filled with water or gasoline, what have you. Just silly. Without an army above ground to defend it, you’re just done.
But isn’t this all obvious? In a world where everything has fallen apart, those who cooperate and trade with others will live the best possible lifestyle. So this is just wrong on every level. It is a hefty investment in failure.
Clearly, having money is not a sign of intelligence.
reelreeler
July 7, 2020 at 7:32 pm
I don’t understand why anyone would want to survive a nuclear war, I certainly wouldn’t. Society and government suck enough now, Imagine the nightmare dystopia survivors would have waiting for them.
Rick H
July 7, 2020 at 7:41 pm
Is it God proof?
leonerrol
July 7, 2020 at 8:02 pm
As someone once said about the Titanic…”this is a ship that even God couldn’t sink”…..
AwkwardYet
July 7, 2020 at 9:17 pm
Let’s not overlook the fact he didnt say how they handle fires in there with gas stoves and such. I guess you just burn alive on your secluded floor
Claire Reilly
July 7, 2020 at 9:44 pm
We spent a full day at these bunkers and I was not done exploring! And it was weird how homey it felt, even though I knew we were so far underground. But my question was: What about your neighbours?! Would you handle five years in a bunker if you couldn’t stand the person in the next apartment over??
ArchAngel
July 7, 2020 at 10:10 pm
What about their sewage?
Lex Luthor
July 7, 2020 at 10:11 pm
How many “super rich people” would be stupid enough for pay for the privilege to became subjects and food reserves for the security guards ?
i420ST0N3R LIT
July 7, 2020 at 10:15 pm
Mr.Beast already did this u late
Mr. Satyre
July 7, 2020 at 10:47 pm
No one knows how many nukes Israel has. They’ve never even admitted to having any. The nuclear winter scenario was debunked decades ago, which is why no one seriously mentions it in the scientific communities.
Swalih
July 8, 2020 at 12:16 am
The woman : the place is top secret
The guy: you are not in Kansas anymore
Woman: 🥴
daniel quagliaroli
July 8, 2020 at 12:38 am
8:36, I wonder what device or program they use to download all the websites off the internet
Tappajaav
July 8, 2020 at 1:07 am
Internet downloader, duh?
mick mccrohon
July 8, 2020 at 3:21 am
“can we survive a Nuclear war or use our heads and…” is it just me or is that the dumbest thing you heard on Youtube today?
mick mccrohon
July 8, 2020 at 3:22 am
We know where the bunkers are… we will build fires on top of your air intakes and you will open the doors for us.
DemonKnight 124
July 8, 2020 at 5:10 am
Inspire hope for *the rich
Not humanity’s future
miguel cortez
July 8, 2020 at 5:43 am
I just really hope there’s an exit somewhere you can’t just have a one way in one way out.
Tyler Humphreys
July 8, 2020 at 6:08 am
All of this sponsored by Vault-tec
TonoSama
July 8, 2020 at 6:24 am
I think the subtext here is that many of the rich are worried enough about the state of the world to make plans for saving themselves, but too greedy and selfish to stop the causes that could lead to the end. Seeing Claire’s characteristic outtakes mitigates the anxiety of the topic by seeing her comfortingly familiar style. Maybe a good video would be to show us, non millionaires, how to line a big box with foil and make a cheap doomsday shelter! 😄
Jacob Watts
July 8, 2020 at 6:34 am
I like how they have loads of guns down there. Nothing will go wrong I’m sure.
Wut Manintu
July 8, 2020 at 8:09 am
Teletubbies will survive the apocalypse.
Just Another Gamer
July 8, 2020 at 9:01 am
300 Years later: I have a Mission for you, theres a Bunker in Kansas called “Ghoul Chapel”
David ican
July 8, 2020 at 11:57 am
What if a viral disease breaks out among those living in the bunker? And they all become zombies
Navjot Singh
July 8, 2020 at 12:43 pm
That is the bunker where mr beast has gone to live for 24hours
TrapTastical
July 8, 2020 at 1:46 pm
Guess Mrbeast is ‘super rich’.
GhostVaperYT
July 8, 2020 at 2:41 pm
i wonder how many people have gone there to wait out covid?
Jacques Antoine
July 8, 2020 at 3:06 pm
Powergrids are supposed to fail after nuclear blasts. Where would all the electrical power come from? Don’t tell me that miserable white windmill….
Cigar Brent
July 8, 2020 at 3:09 pm
Let’s say you live in New York and the bomb drops your burned up before you can get a Lyft to take you to the airport to get to your survival condo in Kansas.
Forward Synthesis
July 8, 2020 at 4:34 pm
“That explosion takes huge amounts of smoke into the stratosphere…”
This is a misrepresentation of nuclear winter. The nuclear winter model is based on mass firestorms and is not merely a product of the nuclear explosion itself producing smoke. There are many critics of nuclear winter now that particulate models have been refined since the gulf war fires, and there were many earlier papers with blatant errors, such as a paper that scaled firestorms linearly off the yield. It may be more of a nuclear autumn in the end, though let’s not be in a rush to find out.
Karthik Shetty
July 8, 2020 at 4:53 pm
After pandemic they will be selling more..
Mark Maxwell
July 8, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Very nice
I see alot of flaws in the design…
jzf Lamer
July 8, 2020 at 10:17 pm
Prison you want to go to
MezzOps
July 9, 2020 at 1:00 am
“So top secret i cant even tell you where it is”
Not so hard if you spend alot of time searching google maps in kansas.
ciapaty ciapacz
July 9, 2020 at 1:22 am
Nuclear winter is a conspiracy theory