{"id":8058,"date":"2025-03-11T00:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T00:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2025-03-11T00:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T00:37:46","slug":"why-you-might-only-have-five-minutes-to-live-if-you-see-this-plane-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8058","title":{"rendered":"Why You Might Only Have Five Minutes To Live If You See This Plane In The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sorry to be the one to break the news, but if you ever see this jet flying over, it might be a sign of trouble ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concept of a doomsday plane may sound like something lifted directly from a low-budget apocalypse thriller, but most works of fiction contain a kernel of truth, and it should come as no surprise that world leaders have a backup plan in place for the worst-case scenario, considering how unstable world politics are right now.<\/p>\n

What is the doomsday plane, then, and how likely is it that you will face impending disaster if you spot one?<\/p>\n

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What is the \u2018doomsday plane\u2019 and what does it mean if you see it?<\/h2>\n

You only have roughly five minutes in the worst-case situation because this specific military aircraft, known as the Boeing E-4 or National Airborne Operations Centre (NAOC), was built with a nuclear war or other worldwide disaster in mind.<\/p>\n

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The plane is essentially a customized aircraft that is intended to serve as the President of the United States\u2019 mobile war headquarters. An whole week may be spent in the air thanks to the E-4\u2019s ability to refuel without landing and fly for about 12 hours at 600 mph.<\/p>\n

It sounds somewhat dystopian, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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The Boeing E-4 was first developed in the 1970s with the dual missions of launching retaliation missiles and providing a shelter for a Cold War president in the event of a nuclear strike.<\/p>\n

The United States is not the only country that has prepared for the worst; according to\u00a0Euro News<\/a>, there is a\u00a0\u201cFlying Kremlin\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0that would provide the Russian president, better known as Vladimir Putin, with the same catastrophic powers.<\/p>\n

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