The world's most mysterious building, the White House, has always been the focus of attention, some people say that its interior hides a secret fortress that can prevent nuclear weapons, and some people say that the safe passage under the White House can ensure that the president is out of danger at any time.
Looking at the present than the past, cultivating Wende, hello everyone, I am Xiaode. Today, when we talk about the "White House", I think this topic is already familiar to everyone, it is the most iconic building in the United States, and it is also the seat of the top power of a country, because every president of the United States will work and live here. The appearance of the White House looks only a few floors is not very high, but each place reveals a touch of majesty and atmosphere, from the film and television clips we can also understand that the interior decoration style is also relatively simple, and there is no excessive luxury and exaggeration. But Little German must say that the White House is not just as simple as it looks, its really important part, not the surface we see, but its underground! In this episode, Xiao De will talk to you about the secrets that the White House does not know.
"White Building"
The White House is located in Washington, D.C., in essence, not affiliated with any state, its ownership is directly controlled by the UNITED States Congress, and its history can be traced back to the end of the 18th century, when the United States won the War of Independence, so later people in order to pay tribute to President Washington, so they have decided to build an exclusive palace for it, and the task of designing this presidential palace has also been handed over to the hands of the famous designer "James Hoban".
However, the size of this palace is very large, the construction time is very long, so Washington did not look forward to the completion of the palace in his lifetime, after Washington's death, the palace took another 8 years to complete, and the people who can live in it have become the second president of the United States Adams and his wife, but soon after, the British and the United States broke out again, because the United States was not strong at that time, so the British army that invaded Washington, D.C. burned the hard-built palace with a torch, and after the war, In order to repair the traces of the palace's fire, the Americans painted it with white paint, which also made the palace look like a white villa, and it was not until 1902 that the then US President Roosevelt officially named the white house.
According to the data, The White House covers an area of more than 73,000 square meters, the whole can be divided into the main building and the east and west two annex buildings, its main building is what we can often see in the film and television drama, the front has 6 columns support, full of European style, its width is more than 50 meters, the length is 25 meters, plus the underground building, there are 4 floors, the interior contains 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, which also ensures that the presidents of the United States can not only work in it, but also be able to live in it, and as the place where the president of the United States works and lives, security is naturally the highest level in the United States, and there are countless high-definition cameras and armed guards inside The nearby section of the road is full of microwave detectors, and if the outside of the White House is attacked, the security system can completely block the White House into a fortress in just ten minutes.
In addition, the perimeter of the White House is also heavily guarded, if you can get away with passing through the spiky fence of more than 3 meters above the perimeter, you will be "entertained" by the top agents in the United States, even if you can avoid the search of these agents, you can not take it lightly, because the next thing you will have to face is the infrared sensing device and heat source detection device all over the lawn, dodging these detectors, then the next thing is a dynamic monitor without dead ends in all directions. This kind of monitor can make any moving object in the White House courtyard invisible, and the random patrol of the drone has laid a net above the ground, in addition to these white and red around the dense anti-aircraft missiles, which is called no way to the sky, no door to the ground. But do you think that's enough? Many friends can ask, if the bomb or nuclear bombing here, beyond the interception range of ground prevention and control, then the president is not a life? Who can defend against nuclear weapons? Don't worry, at this time the safest place on the surface of the legend has appeared, give Xiao De a little bo to pay attention, dot bo praise, let's continue to look down.
"Underground Fortress"
In addition to the heavily guarded ground, the safest place in the White House is the closed basements, which are said to be fully equipped and can accommodate thousands of people, so this underground fortress is also known as the Fortress of Doom. The location of the bunker is located on the east side of the White House, to enter here first to unlock a 10 cm thick blast door, when you open the blast door will pass through a special disinfection room, where you will eliminate the virus you carry and all kinds of radiation, but this is only the beginning, through the next door of the disinfection room is the first step into the bunker.
The next door, not only needs fingerprint recognition, but also needs retina scanning and other various systems of detection and verification, through the folding door will see an elevator, take the elevator can go down to the 5 floors underground, before entering the fortress.
Saying that it is a fortress, it is actually a small apartment with full facilities, equipped with satellite phones that can contact the outside world and the Pentagon at any time, as well as satellite TV that can broadcast in real time, basically the president can issue any order in it, it is worth noting that the walls of this underground fortress are more than 1 meter thick, which can be said to be completely isolated from the outside world, not only can resist biological and chemical weapons, but even nuclear weapons can not hurt the slightest.
The interior of the fort also provides fresh oxygen and replenishment resources that can last for a long time, can provide a variety of meals and medical treatment, and the interior of the fort is also equipped with information transmission devices that can be used to travel everywhere, and the president can contact the army at any time in the bunker. But although there are enough materials inside, once there is danger, the president has been hiding in it is not a good idea, if the outside is surrounded by layers, then how should the president get out?
It is reported that the bunker's known escape route has an underground passage with a total length of more than 200 meters, through which you can escape to the underground vault of a financial building closest to the White House, and the vault will have professional agents of the Secret Service on duty all year round, once in an emergency, you can pick up the president here, reach the nearest helicopter stop, and then transport the president safely to Andrewson Air Force Base by helicopter, when the famous Air Force One is waiting here. The president can fly air force one to any safe place. However, as to what this passage looks like and where it is, no one except the security personnel around the president can know! However, it is very likely that this is just a smoke bomb released by the United States, attracting the world's attention, and the president's real escape route will never be made public. Although the escape route is unknown, the escape bunker does exist, and the construction process of this bunker is even more bizarre.
"Bunker Origins"
In 1992, the White House lit a fire for unknown reasons, the entire west side of the palace was almost completely burned, and the "Hoover" president who lived in it at that time was the "Hoover" of the United States, taking this opportunity to order people to build a miniature basement under the main building when building the west side of the palace, which had a washing machine in this basement, as well as a storage room, and most importantly, it was mainly the power control room throughout the White House, and the bunker at that time was just an ordinary storage room, not used for safety.
But by the time of World War II. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in order to take into account the safety of the president, the 32nd president of the United States, Roosevelt, combined with Hoover's ideas, officially ordered people to build an underground fortress under the White House for refuge and evasion from bombing, but at this time, the bunker facilities were not complete, there were many loopholes, until the 21st century, after the 9/11 incident, these problems were fully exposed, the bunker at that time did not have mature technology to connect to the outside world, and could only broadcast a single news channel, in addition, The area of the bunker was also much smaller, and the president and his party who were crowded in it at that time felt obvious breathing difficulties, so a few months after the 9/11 incident, the then US president urgently began to renovate and upgrade the bunker, that is, the continuous construction of these years, the bunker gradually reached today's high-tech level.
And when the 911 incident occurred, the government department also realized a serious problem, if there is a large-scale unrest, then the road will definitely be congested, then the car is definitely not the president's ideal escape tool, so the bunker will also appear to allow the president to directly sit on the Air Force One to escape the underground passage, under the years of repair, the defense level of the US White House underground fortress is also increasing, in the absence of special events will rarely be opened.
But last year there was such a dramatic scene, when the black people in the United States rioted due to racial discrimination, surrounded the periphery of the White House, and as the president of the time, Trump, in order to avoid risks, launched the bunker, which had not been opened for many years, and also entered the public eye at one time, in fact, the underground fortress was an urgent plan, Trump's move was enough to show his fear at the time. XiaoDe feels that the safety of a country's president is not built in a high-walled bunker, but in the willingness of the people of that country to live in peace, and the United States is the Air Force No. 1 and a secret bunker, which can also show its weakness on the other hand.
Well, do you think there is any loophole in the president's drilling bunker? There are also everyone in the comment area to discuss with Xiaode, and finally we will see what Erha said.
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