Russia’s mobile nuclear war shelters

Russia is mass-producing mobile bomb shelters that can be delivered anywhere by truck, designed to protect people against the effects of nuclear explosions – radiation, shrapnel, debris, chemicals and fire

Structure: Formed by
connecting two 40-foot
(12.2m) shipping
containers
together

Cost of
each shelter:
$380,000

“KUB-M” SHELTER
1m
3.3 ft

HABITATION MODULE
Designed to protect 54 people from
harmful radiation for up to 48 hours

Bunks: Space
for 27 people
to sleep at any
one time (half
population)

Air tight door: Can
connect to other
habitation
modules

Air tight
doors

Connecting doors

Exhaust

Concrete
blocks

LIFE
SUPPORT
MODULE

Steel
buttresses:
Anchored 1m
into ground

Male toilet
Female toilet
Filtration room
Air cylinder
Electrical controls
Diesel generator
Air intake room

Sources: Reuters, Defense Express, Yandex Picture: Yandex
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