Joe Rogan has known as out hypothesis that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has constructed a nuclear bunker to protect himself ought to such a conflict escape.
Amid worldwide tensions over the previous few many years, there have usually been unverified stories of public figures having built nuclear bunkers within the hopes they might be saved secure ought to there ever be a nuclear strike.
Rogan stated that Zuckerberg was one such determine when he spoke on his podcast final week with investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen. In her newest ebook, Nuclear Struggle: A State of affairs, Jacobsen interviewed numerous protection officers.
Jacobsen stated that, from the data she gathered, the situation of a nuclear conflict “does not finish effectively. Not solely does it not finish effectively, 5 billion individuals are lifeless on the finish of 72 minutes.”
The author went on to inform Rogan that “if nuclear conflict begins, it does not finish till there’s a nuclear holocaust. And it occurs so quick—there is no such thing as a shortly going to your secret bunker you may have.”
“Yeah, all that is nonsense,” Rogan stated. “These individuals suppose, like, Zuckerberg is building a bunker in Hawaii [and] he’ll survive. He is constructing a hurricane shelter which may not work.”
Jacobsen stated: “And in addition, except he occurred to be there within the actual second when all of this went down…”
“Yeah, you’d should know upfront that we’re about to launch,” Rogan stated, including that “the entire thing is terrifying.”
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In December, Wired revealed a report that stated Zuckerberg and his spouse, Priscilla Chan, are planning to constructing an underground shelter measuring 5,000-square-foot on their Hawaii ranch. The shelter would have its personal power and meals provides.
Sitting on the couple’s 1,400-acre compound on the island of Kauai, Ko’olau Ranch’s planning paperwork had been pored over by Wired. The outlet stated the ranch will embody greater than a dozen buildings with no less than 30 bedrooms and 30 bogs, in addition to two mansions and 11 tree homes.
On the time the investigative article was revealed, it was not made clear what the bunker’s supposed use was. Brandi Hoffine Barr, a spokesperson for Zuckerberg and Chan, informed Time journal that Kauai County encourages owners to construct shelters. Over the previous 20 years, the county has supplied tax breaks to residents who assemble hurricane-resistant secure rooms.
“Mark and Priscilla worth the time their household spends at Ko’olau Ranch and in the area people, and are dedicated to preserving the ranch’s pure magnificence,” Hoffine Barr informed Time in an announcement.
Per the assertion, there have been plans to construct 80 luxurious houses on the property earlier than the couple bought it. They’re now creating on lower than one % of that land, stated the spokesperson, who added that the rest can be used for farming, ranching, conservation, and wildlife preservation.
Knowledge from the Federation of American Scientists reveals Russia at present owns essentially the most nuclear warheads on the planet, with 5,977, whereas the U.S. has 5,428. The Federation of American Scientists additionally stated that “of the world’s 12,700 nuclear warheads, greater than 9,400 are within the army stockpiles to be used by missiles, plane, ships and submarines.”
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