Putin Modernizes Secret Nuclear Command Bunker in Ural Mountains

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been modernizing a secret Cold War-era nuclear command bunker inside Kosvinsky Kamen mountain in the Ural region, about 800 miles east of Moscow. Known as Facility 1335, the bunker is part of Russia's Perimeter nuclear command system, designed to maintain nuclear operations even if leadership is destroyed. It is buried under 1,000 feet of granite and has at least 24 underground rooms.

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