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Episode "American Doomsday"

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  • A blast door hidden behind decorative wallpaper at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
  • President George Bush holding a meeting in the PEOC (President's Emergency Operations Center) bunker on 9-11. It is a structure that lies beneath the East Wing of the White House in the United States. Originally constructed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, it is presumed to be designed to withstand fifty nuclear blasts and is likely to be the president's evacuation point in the event of an incoming ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). The main protocols of escape are of course highly classified.
  • The Cheyenne Mountain Complex sits under 2,000 feet of granite in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • The mid-air refueling of the E4-B, the survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.
  • The crew of the E4-B, known as the Doomsday Plane, responds to an alert response drill at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The E4-B is a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.
  • Inside of the N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command) control room in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.
  • The entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain complex which houses N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command).
  • Inside N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command) control room at Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs.
  • Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, and the cabinet in Presidential Emergency Operations Center.
  • The E4-B on the tarmac at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The E4-B is an aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. It is a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.
  • The north World Trade Tower burning in the midst of south tower smoke before collapsing on September 11th.
  • The E4-B is an aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. It is a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.
  • During a Doomsday scenario members of Congress would have slept on these small bunk beds in the bunker at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
  • The mid-air refueling of the E4-B, the survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.

  • American Doomsday 09

    A blast door hidden behind decorative wallpaper at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

  • American Doomsday 13

    President George Bush holding a meeting in the PEOC (President's Emergency Operations Center) bunker on 9-11. It is a structure that lies beneath the East Wing of the White House in the United States. Originally constructed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, it is presumed to be designed to withstand fifty nuclear blasts and is likely to be the president's evacuation point in the event of an incoming ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). The main protocols of escape are of course highly classified.

  • American Doomsday 12

    The Cheyenne Mountain Complex sits under 2,000 feet of granite in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

  • American Doomsday 05

    The mid-air refueling of the E4-B, the survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.

  • American Doomsday 02

    The crew of the E4-B, known as the Doomsday Plane, responds to an alert response drill at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The E4-B is a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.

  • American Doomsday 14

    Inside of the N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command) control room in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

  • American Doomsday 11

    The entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain complex which houses N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command).

  • American Doomsday 07

    Inside N.O.R.A.D. (North American Aerospace Defense Command) control room at Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs.

  • American Doomsday 06

    Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, and the cabinet in Presidential Emergency Operations Center.

  • American Doomsday 04

    The E4-B on the tarmac at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The E4-B is an aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. It is a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.

  • American Doomsday 01

    The north World Trade Tower burning in the midst of south tower smoke before collapsing on September 11th.

  • American Doomsday 03

    The E4-B is an aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. It is a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.

  • American Doomsday 10

    During a Doomsday scenario members of Congress would have slept on these small bunk beds in the bunker at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

  • American Doomsday 08

    The mid-air refueling of the E4-B, the survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.

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