Spain prepares for war with Russia as tensions rise

Amid Europe’s current uncertain climate in the face of potential war with Russia, Spain has begun to mobilise itself through preparing war manuals and even unveiling bunkers for use in a potential nuclear attack. 

It may seem like something out of a horror or suspense movie, but war provisions and preparations are a very real reality in Spain right now with the threat of Russian invasion in the West. Among these provisions are the most-feared bunkers – the latest measure to have been activated in the face of global conflict.

As tensions rise between the East and West, interest has grown in the concept of bunkers as countries begin to prepare themselves for the possibility of imminent war.  Russia has shaken Europe with the launch of a hypersonic missile, creating shockwaves worldwide regarding the country’s potential for global warfare with Vladimir Putin’s “advanced weapons.” Recent threats of an attack on a US base in Poland have intensified the climate of uncertainty further and have forced many countries to take their heads out of the sand and start to prepare themselves for conflict.

Threat of war with Russia has led to Europe distributing risk manuals

Denmark, Sweden and Norway have already started to take real action distributing war manuals to citizens of the Scandinavian countries, alongside Finland and Germany. Spain is now raising the bar by announcing its first war risk manual to prepare the population for possible conflict situations. Clearly, there is a fine line between safeguarding and scaremongering. Spain is aware that recent announcements regarding pre-war preparations have sparked some concern and panic. However, it needs to follow protocol and protect its citizens in the face of possible attacks

The latest addition to these preventative measures has been discussion around war bunkers. Not seen since the Civil War and perhaps associated even with the Second World War, they may be showing their faces again, as possible protection areas in case of nuclear warfare.

Madrid has many war bunkers should war with Russia become a reality

In Madrid, there are notable bunkers including one located in the Government’s Moncloa Palace,  – a 7,500-square-meter underground shelter made to resist nuclear and chemical attacks. This bunker comes complete with cold storage rooms, secret doors and even a small cemetery, and is one of the most advanced in Spain. Torrejón de Ardoz air base, also in Madrid, has the capacity to hold 600 people and in Toledo, under the Ébora Hotel in Talavera de la Reina, a private bunker is located which is sizable and functional.

Not all bunkers are modern and surreal as it may sound, some of the historic bunkers might possibly be getting a second use. Donning their wartime legacy, they include the El Capricho bunker in Madrid, the Carmel and Santa Susana bunkers in Barcelona; Cap Negret in Altea (Alicante); Los Muertos in Cabo de Gata (Almería); Villa del Río in Córdoba; Santa Úrsula in Tenerife, Colmenar de Arroyo in Madrid. However, these are, for obvious reasons, not yet adapted to withstand nuclear warfare.