Why The Swiss Army Is Reviving Its Old Bunker Mentality
Date
9/18/2023 2:13:09 PM
(MENAFN- Swissinfo)
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Швейцария возрождает свой бункерный менталитет? In 2010, the remaining bunkers in military hands were declared unfit for purpose and were being sold off to create data centres, artistic projects, hotels and bitcoin storage facilities. But army head, Thomas Süssli, has now told the Tages Anzeiger newspaper that bunkers will play a key role in the defence of the realm in the face of renewed Russian military aggression and other geopolitical threats.
Why the change of heart about military bunkers? In his newspaper interview on Monday, Thomas Süssli has revived the army's appetite for operating an underground bunker system.“We have stopped selling bunkers,” he said.“We are currently going through the inventory of command and combat systems again.”
This statement contradicts the opinion of former Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer dating back 13 years. In 2010, Maurer had this to say about bunkersExternal link :
“The nature of military threats has changed. The bunkers are poorly placed and the weapons they contain will only last for another ten or twenty years. It's not worth maintaining something that you're not going to use in the future.”
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