He kinda glossed over it. But he stated it went down 6 stories. With two floors in the process of being constructed. Realistically with the general rule of thumb of 1 floor per story. Meaning there’s likely going to be 6 floors. Depending on how you want to interpret it. It could be 7 floors including the ballroom. Or 5 floors of bunker. With the Ballroom making up the 6th floor.
Hardened against Drones and Conventional Munitions. A Hospital of some shape or fashion. Probably on the smaller scale. But still a massive upgrade to Whitehouse capacity. Meeting Rooms and Research Facilities. The ability to launch and receive drones is also an interesting feature. As there’s the current ones being used to such gruesome effect in Ukraine. But the Military has been planning on Ground Based Drone Systems as well as variants adopted for large scale cargo capacity. So any potential threat at the White House could rapidly see the Defenders reinforced by heavy weapons systems. If some of the Drone Systems the Military is working on are any indication.
It’s Likely also setting up for a permanent Military presence at the White House beyond the handful of current ceremonial Guards. As he specifically mentions Prepared Military Snipers positions. It’s also likely the complex will have a small Security Garrison of its own. With it not being left to Secret Service. Though it’s possible they might transition Presidential Security over to the Military. Given the track record of Secret Service in guarding Presidents isn’t exactly stellar all things considered.
It’s fairly likely most of it will ultimately remain classified. But it remains immensely interesting
He kinda glossed over it. But he stated it went down 6 stories. With two floors in the process of being constructed. Realistically with the general rule of thumb of 1 floor per story. Meaning there’s likely going to be 6 floors. Depending on how you want to interpret it. It could be 7 floors including the ballroom. Or 5 floors of bunker. With the Ballroom making up the 6th floor.
Hardened against Drones and Conventional Munitions. A Hospital of some shape or fashion. Probably on the smaller scale. But still a massive upgrade to Whitehouse capacity. Meeting Rooms and Research Facilities. The ability to launch and receive drones is also an interesting feature. As there’s the current ones being used to such gruesome effect in Ukraine. But the Military has been planning on Ground Based Drone Systems as well as variants adopted for large scale cargo capacity. So any potential threat at the White House could rapidly see the Defenders reinforced by heavy weapons systems. If some of the Drone Systems the Military is working on are any indication.
It’s Likely also setting up for a permanent Military presence at the White House beyond the handful of current ceremonial Guards. As he specifically mentions Prepared Snipers positions. It’s also likely the complex will have a small Security Garrison of its own. With it not being left to Secret Service.
It’s fairly likely most of it will ultimately remain classified. But it remains immensely interesting