10 Most Heavily Guarded Places On Earth

ever since the Egyptians built the pyramids thousands of years ago the human race has been searching for and creating ways to safeguard their treasures from theft and from harm be it through castles and forts to hiding things in the sea this is top trending and in this episode we Chronicle what we think are currently the ten most heavily guarded places on the earth looking not just at the measures in place to ensure safety but also at what the treasure is that it seeks to protect let's start with an unlikely one that looks like it's been created as a challenge for car thieves in those heist movies yes you heard it right at number 10 on our list of the most heavily guarded places in the world is a car park located at bold Lane in Derbyshire England this multi-story parking lot used to be one of the most notorious spots in Derby with a reputation for harboring anti-social behavior in 1997 the City Council entered into a partnership with Park safe which put into place a series of upgrades totally changing the aura of the space customers who park their cars here are issued a bar-coded ticket that is specifically linked to one particular parking bay each bay has both horizontal and vertical motion sensors that remain activated until the customer returns and paces parking ticket access into the building is only possible using the bar coded parking ticket and an immediate lockdown of all exits is triggered in the event that a motion sensor alarm goes off in addition control room operators use a system of 190 CCTV cameras and electronic maps to monitor all pedestrian movement in the carpark the Swiss have long had the reputation of having the safest banks in the world or because of the security guaranteed by their privacy laws than any armament and that reputation is all set to be enhanced throughout the period of the Cold War there were many bunkers that were built to withstand nuclear attacks most of these are Natick repet and in ruins but this particular bunker has been repurposed with post-millennial intent built in 1947 deep inside the alps near adding housing in central Switzerland this sprawling subterranean complex once served as the Swiss Army secret headquarters located over 500 feet inside the granite mountain people seeking entry need to hand over an ID leave a biometric scan go through a man trap hyper sensitive security portal and then through an entrance tunnel with anti-nuclear steel doors the facility has racks and racks of data storage systems and has electronic security measures designed to thwart attacks from would-be hackers and preserve information through power cuts earthquakes and terrorist attacks perhaps the most secure of all the data in this facility is that of Zappo the Bitcoin wallet company which is stored inside a cold room steeled as a crime scene and into which no one enters not even the Internet the cold room is surrounded with steel slabs to ensure that an electromagnetic pulse doesn't lie pout the encrypted data on the hardware and an operator in the facility must receive confirmation from two other vaults and other continents before he or she can improve a transaction with this data thought of is the most secure moving location in the world these Boeing 747-200 B's were heavily modified and commissioned for service in 1990 yes you heard it right there are two of these identical planes and only the one with the President on board is called Air Force One while many of its in-flight security features still remain secret here are a few of them that we've become aware of the aircraft has bulletproof windows and can fly faster and higher than any regular commercial plane and its range is near infinite since it's equipped with facilities for midair refueling its electronics and wiring have been shielded so as to protect the plane from the effects of a nuclear blast we're not sure if the plane carries missiles but we do know that it has electronic countermeasures designed to jam enemy radar and make it invisible in the wings have both Mirrorball defense technology to scramble infrared missile guidance systems as well as flares that can be released to confuse heat-seeking enemy missiles its impregnable air defenses are matched by an equally rigorous ground safety protocol each location the plane is due to land is scanned for many hours by sharpshooters armed with high-powered rifles and the bulletproof tin arm presidential motorcade is transported in cargo aircraft prior to the arrival of Air Force One even the food that is to be served on board is subject to a security protocol and the plane is equipped with staircases and luggage ramps so that there is no dependence on the facilities that an airport provides the current planes are nearing the end of their service lives and we wonder what other features the new planes that Boeing delivers might have we've all heard of Noah's Ark saving the animals from a worldwide catastrophe but have you ever thought of something to save plant species it was with the mission of creating a safety net to protect traditional plants gene banks from accidental loss of diversity that the Doomsday Seed Vault was created in 2008 it was built in an old coal mine on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen less than a thousand miles from the North Pole and inhabited mainly by polar bears the area is geologically stable and covered with permafrost ideal for the long-term storage of seeds a 400 foot long tunnel with airlocks at both ends leads to three refrigerated chambers each 90 feet long 30 feet wide and 16 feet high only one of these is currently in use and houses over eight hundred and ninety thousand varieties of seeds packaged in three ply foil packets and heat sealed to exclude moisture the concave tunnel head is designed to deflect the force of a missile strike and there are five levels of locked doors between the entrance and the seats the one metre thick steel reinforced concrete walls together with a negative 18 degrees centigrade temperature maintained in the vault ensure that the structure and the seeds within will remain for thousands of years but had the designers accounted for the havoc that climate change could cause in 2016 melting of the permafrost caused water to flood parts at the entrance tunnel though the seeds remained unaffected the Norwegian government has recently announced that it will be upgrading the vault including service buildings to house emergency power and refrigerating units at number six and five of this list are also vaults but of a different nature altogether these structures have in the popular imagination become synonymous with the absolute high security associated with guarding much of the world's gold as well as some of America's most priceless treasures Fort Knox and Kentucky has nearly 30,000 troops and 300 tanks armed personnel carriers attack helicopters and artillery available for its protection as if this were not enough the building itself is protected by four layers of barriers motion sensors and electronic surveillance the walls are made of four foot thick granite lined with cement steel and fireproof material the foundation is of cement in 10-foot thick granite and the sealed windows are blast proof fireproof and darkened the front door weighs 22 tons and can only be operated when several members of the staff enter their combinations change daily the ball inside our 27 inches thick and made of steel and concrete by a company whose vault design reportedly withstood the atomic attack of Hiroshima the gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is located at the basement of a building 80 feet below street level and 50 feet below sea level a comprehensive multi-layered security system protects the vault the most important piece of which is the 90 ton steel cylinder that is placed that the only entrance it is set within a 140 tons steel and concrete frame that creates an airtight and watertight seal when closed each compartment within the vault is secured by a padlock to combination locks and a seal by the auditor further security is provided by the time locks the massive steel reinforced concrete walls the motion sensors as well as the constantly monitored surveillance cameras in addition to these special measures the vault is protected by the building security system as well as the armed Federal Reserve Police Force with defense features sell iconic as to make it feature in James Bond's die another day the Korean Demilitarized Zone is a narrow strip of land two and a half miles wide that separates North and South Korea it extends for 160 miles from the Sea of Japan in the East to the Yellow Sea in the West the area is fortified on both sides by chain-link barbed wire razor wire and electric fences tens of thousands of landmines and anti-tank mines are placed within in the area is patrolled by hundreds of thousands of soldiers armed with sophisticated tanks and artillery in addition there are watchtowers and listening posts every few kilometers and there are electronic surveillance systems in place these physical measures combined with the political standoff between South and North Korea make no trespassing signs unnecessary and the absence of human contact has led to the creation of a nature reserve with abundant flora and fauna including several endangered animal and plant species ever thought of what an offshore Haven might look like one of the most intriguing places on this list this place was built during World War Two as a platform to house anti-aircraft guns this 120 by 60-foot platform is located 60 feet above the North Sea seven miles off the northern coast of Britain it was declared as the sovereign Republic of Sealand in 1967 but it remained a place to hatch outlandish schemes on until it was repurposed in 2000 to create a hyper secure data fortress and the only people who were permitted to enter words investors authorised personnel and members of the British royal family in addition to constant monitoring of surveillance cameras armed guards would blow anyone off the platform which was to be surrounded by mines and gunboats to safeguard the server's they were housed in pure nitrogen and could only be accessed using scuba gear in 2008 the havenco website went offline and the facility was apparently shut down with no reason being given and speculation is rife as to what this super secure location is currently being used for in Fremont County Colorado you'll find the United States penitentiary administrative maximum facility also known as ADX Florence or the Alcatraz of the Rockies this prison is designed to house those inmates of the federal prison system who are deemed the most dangerous and in need of the tightest control the soundproof cells and furniture are made almost entirely of poured concrete and the four foot by four inch windows only allow views of the roof in the sky to prevent inmates from finding their specific location within the premises the compound is monitored through thousands of motion detectors and cameras and there are 1,400 remote-controlled steel doors that can all close at an instant if the panic alarm is sounded the perimeter is surrounded by pressure pads in a 12 foot high razor wire fence with heavily armed officers and attack dogs patrolling the area the prison is currently home to some of America's most heinous criminals including key figures in the September 11th attacks and the World Trade Center bombing the shoe bomber the underwear bomber and many erstwhile al-qaeda operatives and the security measures aim not just to keep convicts within the prison but also Outsiders out at the top of this list of the most heavily-guarded places on earth is no surprises here area 51 the top-secret US Air Force facility in Nevada whether it's cutting edge weapons research black projects or unidentified flying objects that occupy the region we'll never know owing to the blanket security coverage which shields the area at first glance it isn't much a chain-link fence have boom gates some orange poles to demarcate the area and many no trespassing signs which also prohibit photography but the real security measures lie within the military area which is a no-fly zone for almost all aircraft including those from the nearby air force bases sensors are placed all around the perimeter of the base and it is believed that these are sensitive enough to tell the difference between humans and animals there is also constant patrolling by pairs of men and SUVs whose role is to act as observers and deterrence and who are sometimes reinforced by helicopters flying low there are of course security cameras constantly scanning and the Air Force has not made the task of observing the base any easier by withdrawing the surrounding lines from public use especially those with elevated vantage points that's our list of the 10 most heavily guarded places in the earth did you agree disagree have any more suggestions for places 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Length: 11min 28sec (688 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 19 2018