HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold war manual to create the nation’s most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.
Others would hunker down in college dorms, churches, libraries and [...]

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The reality of Cold war paranoia is brought home to Sophie Campbell in a nuclear bunker.
Period details include 100ft deep, three-story nuclear bunker with 1½ ton tank-metal blast doors, 10ft-thick walls, Faraday cage and concrete blast caps. Formica cafeteria tables and some signage included.
Luckily Mike Parrish bought Kelvedon Hatch - the [...]

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[All of the articles below are pretty old at about 10 years by 2007]
Russia is continuing a Cold War-era program to build deep underground bunkers, subways and command posts to help Moscow’s leaders flee the capital and survive a nuclear attack, The Washington Times has learned. Among the ambitious projects: a secret subway being built [...]

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An underground Soviet nuclear bomb shelter is remade into a museum.
MOSCOW — Deep underground in a Cold War-era nuclear bomb shelter, guide Alexei Alexandrov did his best to set a spooky mood, starting with his 1960s Soviet army uniform.
“Please don’t split away from the group,” he somberly warned visitors to the labyrinth of tunnels shaped [...]

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It was inevitable: The turmoil in the Middle East, coupled with the ongoing and increasing fears of terrorism, has led to a resurgence of interest in a concept that has been basically dormant in America since the early days of the Cold War: bomb shelters for the home.
The latest wrinkle is a do-it-yourself bomb shelter [...]

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The source for a complete bomb/fallout shelter with every critical accessory such as NBC air filtration systems and blast valves.
We offer a complete kit that provides all of the precision fabricated steel parts and critical component that are necessary to construct a true steel reinforced concrete underground bomb shelter. The bulky and heavy (expensive to [...]

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Thousands of private homes have been equipped with nuclear-proof equipment ranging from air filters to water-decontamination systems. But builders and contractors say that the demand in the past few months for fully fledged atomic shelters has surged, fuelled by speculation that Iran is building a nuclear weapon that it would not hesitate to use against [...]

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Nuclear threats see more citizens expanding underground protection.
When Israeli millionaire Vivian Rakib and her husband were house-hunting a few years back, she had a definite list of must-haves, including a clear view of the Mediterranean Ocean.
But today, the most important feature of her sprawling, $23-million mansion in this posh suburb of Tel Aviv lies three [...]

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It’s been a busier week than normal for Brian Camden’s bomb-shelter business.
“I can tell you it’s picked up since the test,” said Camden, president of Harden Structures/Harden Shelters Inc. in Virginia Beach, referring to North Korea’s claim of a nuclear test and saber-rattling with the U.S. last week.
“It’s not just across the country but around [...]

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AMID mounting fears that Iran is planning to obliterate their country, wealthy Israelis are shelling out on underground nuclear shelters in the gardens of their luxury homes.
The shelters, which cost at least �60,000 for a bargain-basement version, are built to withstand radioactive fallout, have fortified walls and doors and generate their own electricity and decontaminated [...]

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HONG KONG: North Korea�s nuclear test has unnerved Japanese citizens, who are barely a missile strike away from Pyongyang. In response, home owners and businesses in Japan are increasingly preparing for a doomsday scenario by building underground bunkers that can withstand atomic force explosions.
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