🚨Trump just revealed the White House ballroom is MUCH more than we previously thought - He's building a straight-up MILITARY hospital, research facilities, military meeting rooms, 360 degree defenses, drone capacity, sniper capacity, drone & missile proofing and the ballroom protects it all.
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It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the facilities I think will be built there connect to the old PEOC and associated facilities. They found out during 9/11 the area was just too cramped for everyone that would be there in a crisis. But - they still exist, are operational, and could be switched to lower-level members as opposed to the JCS, POTUS/VP, and the major combat commanders that would ideally be there. Personally I'd rebuild them with fresh wiring and current technology.
When I was at the Pentagon in the late 90s the Comm Center was still using pneumatic tubes (the ones banks use to send stuff back and forth to people in drive-up lanes) to deliver classified messages (including Top Secret) to various offices inside the Pentagon. They changed that shortly after I left the comm center and went to help found the Network Security shop (monitoring and assessing/hacking the internal unclassified networks).
Besides - it would be good to connect the 2 areas underground so POTUS would have 2 ways to quickly get below ground if the need arises.
For the amount of earth being removed - I wonder if some of it is being taken out through the tunnels so that nobody can get a good idea of just how big this will be underground?
I'm not sure about the research facilities - that may have been a euphemism Trump used to hide what will really be built there. I have no theory on it either way, but I would assume dangerous chemical/drug research wouldn't be done in the White House. Maybe it is really an area for military to research the capabilities and habits of whichever adversary is attacking us? Research can be a mushy word.
Indeed it can be a flexible word. Though the term ‘Facility’ would at the very least carry the implication of something more complex and elaborate than a Cubicle farm of analysts evaluating the motivations, habits, and capabilities of the competition.
The presence of a full on Hospital would throw a further spanner in the works. Even a small Hospital would suggest there’d likely be some sort of hazardous work being done on site. It’s not likely they’d build an entire underground hospital just so the President can avoid leaving the grounds for Walter-Reed or another Military Medical Facility in the area.
It’s also not liable to deal with run of the mill grunts and typical Military medical issues either. Given both its presence under the Whitehouse. And the plethora of so many other Military Medical Facilities in the immediate area.
Which would suggest its either going to be a specialized facility or has some other reason for its construction. The most obvious reasoning being it is related to the Research that might be undertaken there.
Granted it could all be overstatements that Trump is known for. With the Research Facilities really being exceptionally fancy analyst areas. Maybe with fancy tech not readily available at older facilities. There’s been some companies experimenting with various VR and AR systems for engineers and stuff. Which could be useful for analysts.
And the ‘Hospital’ is really just a glorified clinic that can deal with minor injuries and illnesses. Along with any motion sickness and other minor complaints that can come from VR/AR usage.
Honestly I think the hospital is a clinic like you said. The White House already has some good medical equipment but it would be better in a clinic environment with maybe a couple of flight surgeons on staff. I could see that being mostly for the POTUS, but also for the families and WH staff if they get sick/injured at work. I assume it will have certain specialized capabilities that a normal flight surgeon's office or a small clinic would not - maybe even a small OR for emergencies. Probably trauma equipment, x-rays, a lab for quick results - not stuff like an MRI/CT Scanner. I just don't think there will be major chemical/biological/drug research done there for fear of a stupid fire or accident somehow affecting WH personnel.