Kennedy envisioned a Deep Underground Command Center (DUCC), with the new White House Ballroom, things are moving in that direction, just not as deep.
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President Kennedy envisioned a DUCC under the White House.
As the name implies the, complex was intended to be really deep under the White House:
DUCC Proposed Depth: Located roughly 3,500 to 4,000 feet beneath the bedrock in the Washington area.
- Design: Intended as a self-contained capsule suspended on shock absorbers to absorb massive seismic shocks or kinetic impacts.
- Facilities: Designed to house the highest levels of the U.S. government, military command facilities, and a hospital to ensure continuity during a nuclear exchange.
- President Johnson cancelled the effort due to the enormous cost (Johnson was building the Great Society money laundering machine and did not want any distractions.)
President Obama created a more robust President’s Emergency Operations Center — the PEOC under the White House.
President Trump has now detailed a far more expanded PEOC in and above the Ballroom:
- A military hospital
- Research facilities — it is unclear what these are, whether these are Secret Service and/or military facilities, or something else entirely
- Meeting rooms and rooms that go “hand-in-hand” for the military
The President also outlined some features.
Trump detailed some of the defensive features of the ballroom facility:
- Drone proofing, stating “if a drone hits it, it bounces off, it won’t have any impact”
- Missile proofing
- “Great sniper capacity” (USSS counter-sniper teams are an omnipresent fixture atop the White House)
- The roof is developed “for the military” with a 360-degree view of Washington, D.C., due to its height.
Construction is in process, while the Senate Parliamentarian does her best to slow things down.
