Deep down Colorado rocky mountains It is a very secret fortress designed to keep the US military and political leaders alive in the event of the unthinkable – a nuclear war

To Mountain Cejenen complexready from the Cold War era, is a refuge – an underground city, carved of nearly 700,000 tonnes of granite and designed to withstand immediate nuclear attacks.

The last time journalists entered the secret US nuclear refuge was in 2018, Donald Trump’s first term. Now, in the midst of growing international tensions, the US military has again opened its shielded gates, allowing the cameras to capture images of the secret facility, which has been described as “the safest place on Earth”.

Behind of steel doors of one meter thick hides a fully functional underground city, with autonomy In energy, water and food “for a very long time”, as General Gregory Giyio, commander of North America, told Newsnation, told Newsnation. .

The Cheyen Mountain Complex has its own power plant, underground lakes with drinking water and huge food stocks. In fact, there is even a Subway restaurant inside, which is advertised as the “safest Subway in the world”.

The construction of the shelter cost $ 142 million in the 1960s, an amount that would now exceed $ 1 billion.

April 2, 1966: NORAD units and executives are transferred to the recently integrated Cejen Mountain Complex, near Colorado Springs

Installation covers 5.1 acres and includes 15 buildingsmounted on huge springs to absorb the vibrations of a nuclear explosion.

There is also the central administration center of the American and Canadian forces in the event of a disaster, known as “Battle Deck”.

“It is really worth what they paid then – we use it today just as they did in previous decades,” said General Gijo.

Asked about the modern threats – by Russian aircraft investigating the US airspace to Chinese surveillance and cyberattacks – Guillary told Newsnation: “I’m not worried. We have the best soldiers to work for it – and we are ready. ”