Most Interesting Facts About Air Force One

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Airborne Nuclear Bunker

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Air Force One can survive a nuclear blast! It is designed with the purpose of war which lets it survive a nuclear attack. Therefore. Air Force One is its own nuclear defense stronghold. In the event of a nuclear attack, Air Force One is not a bad place to be if you can get in. That is because the plane’s actual body is designed and secured to withstand the blast of a nuke from the ground, rendering the aircraft a bomb shelter in the sky. Conversely, the US President inside the aircraft would be unscathed. He can give orders and strategies to manage war from inside the aircraft. Air Force One is equipped with hardened equipment and wiring that is undeterred by electromagnetic pulse. It has provisions for wired mesh on the windows to prevent radiation as well as thermal and nuclear shielding to counter fire.