The Cold War bunkers that cover a country

Re:The Cold War bunkers that cover a country by acqq on Monday April 15, 2019 @04:56AM (#19664042)

Also, already in WW II the "normal" bomb shelters (also mentioned in the article) weren't effective protection to the methods proudly used by the British and US war planners:

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/833665-clinical

"Increased ambient environmental temperature from burning napalm has been known to cause the deaths of individuals in raid shelters as a result of radiant heat and dehydration. This was a frequent cause of death in the bombing raids carried out over Hamburg, Germany, during World War II."

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Re:The Cold War bunkers that cover a country by willvarfar on Monday April 15, 2019 @05:23AM (#19664136)

Recently Swedish forest fires swept across a military range. Because of fear of unexploded ordinance, the fire fighters couldn't pursue it.

But the air force dropped a very small conventional bomb, sucked all the oxygen out of the air, and put out the fire.

It was in the news a bit. A quick google finds https://www.thelocal.se/20180725/watch-swedish-fighter-jets-...

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Re:The Cold War bunkers that cover a country by asjo on Monday April 15, 2019 @06:21AM (#19664310)

Didn't they drop the idea again, because it didn't really work that well?

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