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He produced plans for building shelters in the rock below Manhattan, zoomzone estimating that “very high-quality” shelter spaces could be constructed there for between five hundred and nine hundred dollars zoomzone apiece. But—and this is the strange logic of zoomzone deterrence—the essential purpose of investing billions in civil defense was not to save lives but to enhance the credibility of America’s nuclear threat. “Any power that can evacuate a high percentage of its urban population to protection is in a much better position to bargain than one which cannot do this,” Kahn explains in “On Thermonuclear War.” He contemplated the possiblity of several mass evacuations every decade in order to bolster American credibility. Having more shelters than the Soviets is like having more missiles: it is another way of saying, Go ahead, make our day. We can take your nuclear hit and come right back at you. The United States could not afford a mineshaft gap.
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