Swiss Bunker Tour
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DancesWithEmptyCasings
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- The Wet Coast
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
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Army strength reductions[edit]
In 1995 the Swiss army was reduced from 750,000 troops to 400,000. By 2004 strength was 120,000, with 80,000 proposed by 2020.[36]
Fate[edit]
Debate continues over the usefulness of the Redoubt and other Swiss fortifications. In October 2010, Defense Minister Ueli Maurer proposed closing many of the positions after mitigating environmental issues and assuring permanent safety. A decommissioning program was expected to cost as much as a billion francs.[36] In 2011 Maurer estimated costs to close down the system safely at more than $1 billion. Some of the facilities have been leased or sold as digital data repositories.[37]
Because the Réduit strategy was essentially one of deterrence, part of it was overt and public, and played a part in the so-called "intellectual defence of the homeland", or Geistige Landesverteidigung attempting to improve the morale and cohesiveness of the nation. The Réduit strategy's use as a deterrence/propaganda tool continued through the cold war. In 1964, the army's pavilion at the Swiss Fair (Landesausstellung) in Lausanne had the shape of a giant hedgehog made of concrete.[citation needed]
Army strength reductions[edit]
In 1995 the Swiss army was reduced from 750,000 troops to 400,000. By 2004 strength was 120,000, with 80,000 proposed by 2020.[36]
Fate[edit]
Debate continues over the usefulness of the Redoubt and other Swiss fortifications. In October 2010, Defense Minister Ueli Maurer proposed closing many of the positions after mitigating environmental issues and assuring permanent safety. A decommissioning program was expected to cost as much as a billion francs.[36] In 2011 Maurer estimated costs to close down the system safely at more than $1 billion. Some of the facilities have been leased or sold as digital data repositories.[37]
Because the Réduit strategy was essentially one of deterrence, part of it was overt and public, and played a part in the so-called "intellectual defence of the homeland", or Geistige Landesverteidigung attempting to improve the morale and cohesiveness of the nation. The Réduit strategy's use as a deterrence/propaganda tool continued through the cold war. In 1964, the army's pavilion at the Swiss Fair (Landesausstellung) in Lausanne had the shape of a giant hedgehog made of concrete.[citation needed]
Kampfhamster
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- Switzerland
some of the bunkers are still in use, but none of them are armed with anything bigger then a machine gun.
All the artillery fortresses were deactivated a couple years ago.
