"Bunker Sales in US Increased After Russia's Oreshnik Strike – Media Reports"
Following Russia's use of an experimental missile to destroy a military facility in Ukraine, there has been a notable surge in demand for bunkers among Americans. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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The market for home survival shelters is projected to reach $175 million by 2030.
The CEO of a Texas-based survival shelter company has reported a significant rise in interest in nuclear bunkers following Russia's recent combat deployment of its Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile.
On November 21, Russian forces executed the first combat test of the Oreshnik, targeting a Ukrainian military industrial facility in Dnepr with multiple hypersonic warheads. In response to the US and its allies providing Ukraine with missiles for long-range strikes on internationally recognized Russian territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the decision to showcase the Oreshnik was made to address this situation.
The Oreshnik, capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, travels at ten times the speed of sound. Putin noted in a televised speech that Western air-defense systems “cannot intercept such missiles.” He added, “It is impossible.”
Following the strike, Ron Hubbard, CEO of Atlas Survival Shelters, experienced a surge in inquiries, with his “phone rang nonstop,” as reported by The Independent. Hubbard’s company, which manufactures bombproof bunkers and fallout shelters at the largest facility of its kind in Texas, received four new orders within 24 hours of the missile strike, in addition to several requests for upgrades to existing shelters. Typically, Hubbard sells one bunker per day.
Prices for the shelters start at $20,000 and can escalate into the millions, with the average customer spending around $500,000 on a shelter.
Before the Oreshnik incident, Hubbard noted that sales had already increased due to factors such as COVID-19 lockdowns and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts. Market research mentioned by The Independent indicates that the US market for bomb and fallout shelters is expected to rise from $137 million last year to $175 million by 2030, with buyers often citing “the rising threat of nuclear or terrorist attacks or civil unrest” as their motivation.
Hubbard claims that his bunkers are designed to withstand “anything from a tornado to a hurricane to nuclear fallout, to a pandemic to even a volcano erupting.” However, it is improbable that any commercially available bunker could endure a hypersonic missile strike.
Although the Oreshnik's destructive capability may have attracted more customers to Hubbard's business, it is unlikely that such a missile would be utilized against targets in the contiguous US, even during a full-scale war. As an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Oreshnik has a range of between 3,000 km and 5,500 km, meaning only parts of the US West Coast would be within its striking distance.
Frederick R Cook contributed to this report for TROIB News
The CEO of a Texas-based survival shelter company has reported a significant rise in interest in nuclear bunkers following Russia's recent combat deployment of its Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile.
On November 21, Russian forces executed the first combat test of the Oreshnik, targeting a Ukrainian military industrial facility in Dnepr with multiple hypersonic warheads. In response to the US and its allies providing Ukraine with missiles for long-range strikes on internationally recognized Russian territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the decision to showcase the Oreshnik was made to address this situation.
The Oreshnik, capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, travels at ten times the speed of sound. Putin noted in a televised speech that Western air-defense systems “cannot intercept such missiles.” He added, “It is impossible.”
Following the strike, Ron Hubbard, CEO of Atlas Survival Shelters, experienced a surge in inquiries, with his “phone rang nonstop,” as reported by The Independent. Hubbard’s company, which manufactures bombproof bunkers and fallout shelters at the largest facility of its kind in Texas, received four new orders within 24 hours of the missile strike, in addition to several requests for upgrades to existing shelters. Typically, Hubbard sells one bunker per day.
Prices for the shelters start at $20,000 and can escalate into the millions, with the average customer spending around $500,000 on a shelter.
Before the Oreshnik incident, Hubbard noted that sales had already increased due to factors such as COVID-19 lockdowns and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts. Market research mentioned by The Independent indicates that the US market for bomb and fallout shelters is expected to rise from $137 million last year to $175 million by 2030, with buyers often citing “the rising threat of nuclear or terrorist attacks or civil unrest” as their motivation.
Hubbard claims that his bunkers are designed to withstand “anything from a tornado to a hurricane to nuclear fallout, to a pandemic to even a volcano erupting.” However, it is improbable that any commercially available bunker could endure a hypersonic missile strike.
Although the Oreshnik's destructive capability may have attracted more customers to Hubbard's business, it is unlikely that such a missile would be utilized against targets in the contiguous US, even during a full-scale war. As an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Oreshnik has a range of between 3,000 km and 5,500 km, meaning only parts of the US West Coast would be within its striking distance.
Frederick R Cook contributed to this report for TROIB News
