Still standing beneath Washington, remnants of the Cold War

1,566 views · Published 27 April 2018 · 1:53 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics

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Stocked with "survival" crackers, barrels of water and medical supplies, a nuclear fallout shelter lies in basement of a DC school, a remnant from the Cold War-era when the United States was bracing for the possibility of a nuclear attack. Fast forward to today, and there's grounds for similar unease -- with the US and North Korea exchanging threats of "fire and fury" and boasts about nuclear buttons followed by an apparent thaw.

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