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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The plan is a modern version of a Cold War-era program that would have seen members of the government move to an underground installation west of Ottawa now known as the Diefenbunker, a nod to Canada's 13th prime minister.

That reminds me. Isn't the Diefenbunker a museum or something now? Did they build a modern one? Top sekrit Harbunker or something? ;)

It's a museum. Funny story, the government once attempted to sell it to a private company, until they found out the company was operated by the Hell's Angels.

[–] johnefrancis@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

it was obsolete as a shelter by 1960, it's just buried under a bunch of dirt.

Later shelters like for NORAD in North Bay were deeper, and in hard rock. But they aren't expected to survive a large h-bomb either, and those shelter locations are well known.