Bunker "fever" has quickly reached Europe as well, reports Techkult.

For example, in Switzerland, where the state guarantees every resident a place in a bomb shelter in the event of a nuclear war, the government allocates millions of dollars to maintain and rebuild bunkers built during the Cold War.

However, according to experts, serious problems await the "successful" residents of the bunkers. After mutual nuclear strikes, the survivors must sooner or later come to the surface, where they face total destruction, starvation and, worst of all, lethal levels of radiation. What will happen next is known due to two sad examples: the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the consequences of which are felt even today.

In short, bunkers enable surviving the consequences of nuclear bombing only in the first days—and only for those who are able to take shelter in them. As per Alicia Sanders-Zakre, the Policy and Research Coordinator at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, "Ultimately, the only solution to protect populations from nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons."