> you should see the bunkers congress built themselves with taxpayer money One of Congress' duties is to declare war. So they need to be alive to authorize th

> you should see the bunkers congress built themselves with taxpayer money One of Congress' duties is to declare war. So they need to be alive to authorize the use of military force. Should they have built their former bunker at a luxury hotel? Well, it provided a good cover story, and if you've seen the videos of it, they were sleeping in metal bunk beds, so not all that luxurious in the bunker itself. > monitor icbms via internet The USAF is very serious about securing those systems. They aren't even going to use SIPRNet for that. They have watched War Games too. > can you just imagine them actually staying in bunkers during nuclear fallout I was trained as a radiological monitor in high school and would have collected readings for determining when it was safe to go out, or more likely, which part of the improvised shelter provided the most protection. This isn't Switzerland where bunker construction is part of the federal building code. edit Here's an article about Swiss bunkers. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/prepared-for-anything_bunkers-for-all/995134 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/prepared-for-anything_bunkers-f...