Bombs Away – Part 2

Now where were we, oh ya, its crazy hot out so lets go downstairs, like down down, 6m wide silos sunk into the ground 1 for the workers, 2 at a time and the other for the sleeping giant. The workers would take 48 hours shifts in the bunkers, just 2 at a time. And were ready to fire for any reasons.

There were also deadman switches installed incase the need ever arise. The first we are told uses sniffers, they can detect radioactive material in the air, and will automatically fire missiles to pre-determined sites if not stopped. Makes me wonder if the Chernobyl explosion almost set these off?

 

The second being 4 rockets from Moscow are launched, North, South, East and West, these rockets beam a signal down to all silos and start the launch sequency automatically. The last is if there is a loss of communication with Moscow there is a set time limit for recommunication before it is determined that they have been destroyed and missiles are fired. And speaking of firing missile… how casual? We go to the lower floor and do a mock simulation, were naturals at it obviously. We are not able to view into the missile silo for the actual missile but we can stand on top of the hatch for photos. A guess a  bit of humor for such a deadly device.

 

There was enough supplies to keep the 2 workers alive for long enough for the residual radiation to wear off and to go out o see what had happened, but who would even want to see the destruction and know everything and everyone is gone.

 

We end the day with a parting gift from our friends, a ammo box from WWII which now proudly sits on our shelf at home on display. Oh and some army crackers which were oddly good, but probably had the nutritional value of cardboard. We arrive in Kyiv as the sun sinks below the horizon. Our next big adventure is only 2 days away.. can you guess where we are headed?

 

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