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Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
The Amiriyah Shelter Bombing [N 1] was an aerial bombing attack that killed at least 408 civilians on 13 February 1991 during the Gulf War, when an air-raid shelter ("Public Shelter No. 25") in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, was destroyed by the U.S. Air Force with two GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided "smart bombs".
The facilities were divided into two categories: "surface" and "underground". The "surface" facilities were actually the "softest", and included maintenance hangars of metal construction, and HAS of concrete construction. In total, the Yugoslavs have built no less but 200 HAS on different airfields in Iraq during the 1980s.
There's a lot at stake in the bunker wars: Estimates put the global market for underground bunkers at more than $23 billion, and it's projected to grow to $36 billion by the end of the decade.
A video allegedly shows an underground network under Major General Maher al-Assad’s mansion in Damascus, shows a large staircase leading downwards into a large complex with sitting rooms, metal ...
But these bunkers aren’t the rat-infested underground shelters that you’re picturing in apocalyptic films; they’re high-tech fortresses... Read more The post 6 Ultra-Rich People Who Invested ...
Subterranean warfare or underground warfare is warfare conducted underneath the ground surface. It is predominantly conducted in tunnels and underground cavities, both natural (such as caves ) and artificial (such as sewerage and subway systems ).
The hidden structures were abandoned after the war and eventually forgotten, archaeologists said.