"The elevated global threat level increases the risk that nuclear weapons may be used," Swedish authorities said in updated guidance late last year.

Sweden has announced a $10 million renovation of its civil defense bunkers as the government warned people to prepare for the possibility of warfare.

Air Force Global Strike Command confirmed that B-2s have deployed to Diego Garcia, a US-UK military base.

The nuclear bunker would have housed Queen Elizabeth if the city had been attacked while she was in residence.

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Norway's proximity to the USSR in the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases.

The bunkers are designed to provide protection ... risks that nuclear weapons could be used. In the event of an attack with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, take cover in the same way ...

The Pentagon has sent six of its B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean—within striking distance of Iran—or ...

Without U.S.-provided heavy bunker busters, notably the GBU-57 30,000-pound bomb, the effectiveness of Israeli airstrikes will remain in question. Still, the IAF has some systems that can do a ...

No specific weapons transfer can ensure Israel is able to block Tehran’s nuclear ambitions on its own—even an MOP.

"The psychology of nuclear bunkers is really ... still be a great way to protect them from a vertical aerial bombing attack," says Paul Ozorak, author of Underground Structures of the Cold ...

The bunker was also the designated central emergency government hub for the Scottish Office in the case of a nuclear attack. Its identity as a Regional Seat of Government (RSG) able to shelter 400 ...