The most protected places on Earth

Man by nature wants to know about everything. That's why a person automatically wants to click on the button next to which the inscription "Whatever happens, do not press this button for anything". And if the object is heavily guarded, it means that there are very interesting things inside the storehouse. Nothing can be done about this. But what actually happens inside the most protected places in the world? It's time to learn about this, and you can rest assured that this is the kind of information that will allow you to satisfy your natural interest.

The Secret Archive of the Vatican

The modern demand for special transparency has led to the fact that the Vatican's secret archive has ceased to be so secret, but many people still do not know about the heavily guarded, 100 per cent prohibited territory, which even the most important scientists are not allowed to visit. The archive consists of 83 kilometers of shelves and, surprisingly, everyone knows that it is in a secret library. There are stored personal documents of the cardinals, who have been in the Vatican since 1922. Also, access can not be obtained to documents for each pope, beginning in 1939, and, of course, to official church records and other documents.

Center "Pionen"

Wikileaks is a notorious and world-famous source of the most sensitive data in the world, so it is not surprising that he made a lot of enemies. And to continue to do what they are doing, the creators of this source moved their servers to an incredibly protected, full of guards room, located at a depth of 30 meters near Stockholm. Data center "Pionen" belongs to the company Bahnhof, and it takes very seriously the security issues of its customers.

Guantánamo Bay

Guantánamo Bay is not just the oldest existing US naval base, it is the only such base that once was on the territory of the Communists. Its use as a prison for criminals suspected of terrorism began in 2002, and after a year there were already 684 prisoners. The youngest prisoner was 14 years old, and the oldest was 89, and for the whole time the prison functioned, people from 49 countries from all over the world visited it.

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is sometimes called the "Northern Guantanamo", and for this there is a serious reason. The most dangerous criminals from all over the country find themselves in this federal prison, and it is designed so effectively that it was used as a model for creating strict regime prisons.

Bunker "The Hand of Death"

This bunker is such a securely protected secret that it is still unknown where exactly it is located. In 1985, the US and the USSR were in the midst of the Cold War. Both sides had their own defense systems, and the Soviets had a project called "Perimeter", but often it was called more brightly, "The Hand of Death." It was a computer-controlled system that was created to verify whether a nuclear strike had been struck on Soviet soil, and whether the highest levels of government in the country were compromised or destroyed. And if so, the signal was sent to the same bin, in which sat the only person who was watching the lights. If the lights turned green, he needed to press a single button that would send all the nuclear warheads of the Soviet Union to various targets in the Western Hemisphere. Sounds like a science fiction movie, right? However, this is true, and this was confirmed by the person who participated in the creation of this system, Valery Yarinich. He was a member of the Soviet strategic missile forces and the Soviet General Staff, and he said that the system was created as a guarantee that even if the entire Soviet Union was destroyed by nuclear strikes, it could strike back and most likely destroy the whole world .

The White house

Americans take the White House for granted, but few people think about how much it is guarded. It is not known whether the beginning of the twentieth century was a more peaceful time, but even Theodore Roosevelt allocated an hour of his time every evening to receive all comers. Only after the Great Depression the White House security began to search all incoming, but this did not stop some. Later, the protection grew stronger every year, but each time there were those who managed to get inside.

Iron Mountain

The guards walked with a patrol over the vast network of tunnels that are located inside the Iron Mountain, for decades, and they guarded a wide variety of things, from works of art to various documents. As you can guess, some things need special protection, and Iron Mountain could offer such protection. It was created at the site where the mine was previously located, and for the first time storage facilities were opened to customers in the fifties. Since the company's policy implies strict confidentiality, no one knows what is stored there at the moment.

Forbidden City

In the current Forbidden City in China, there are not so many forbidden, as millions of tourists pass through it every year. However, they see only what they are allowed to see. In this case, there is a large number of closed premises that are not allowed to visit. The security that is placed there is very reliable, and it is not surprising, given the values that are stored in these premises. The true story of this city is amazing, and it was not even fully spelled out in the 100-page document created by the city museum. Today, the museums of the city contain a wide variety of items, starting with ceramic and silver items belonging to different periods of Chinese history, and ending with personal artifacts belonging to 24 emperors who called this city their home. Previously, only the emperor, his harem, members of his family, government officials, as well as eunuchs who were servants of the emperor were allowed into this city.

RPF Scientologists

Getting to the truth about this item may not be so easy, because there are very different, contradictory statements about what the Scientology Rehabilitation Project (RPF) is. According to the official news site Scientology, this project was created in the seventies at the request of members who deviated from the path of their faith. In theory, the project was a place where such people could live, work and return to the true path, that is, to have faith in Scientology anew. It was assumed that people will just have to work hard and forget themselves in their work, but the testimonies of those who could leave the project area are much more frightening. They talk about the circumstances in which they had to live within the framework of the project, and we are talking here about 365 working days a year and the complete absence of personal freedoms. Receiving a scanty salary, people worked eight hours a day, they studied five hours a day, for half an hour they were allocated for each meal, seven hours for sleep, and also half an hour for what was called "personal time". There was no right to use telephones, nor the opportunity to communicate with other people, for which the guard closely followed. The guards escorted the prisoners in the transitions between the buildings of the project, and each violation of the established rules added a period of stay in the territory of this place.