This detailed investigation reveals that Russia has reactivated and extensively upgraded the highly secretive 'Object 1335,' an underground nuclear command bunker located inside Mount Kosvinsky near the village of Kytlym in the Ural Mountains. Known as the site of the Perimetr system or 'Dead Hand,' this Cold War-era automated nuclear retaliation system has undergone a massive modernization effort from 2018 through at least 2024. The evidence includes thousands of leaked Russian military procurement documents showing huge orders of construction materials (22,000 tonnes of steel, 56,500 tonnes cement, 600 km of electrical cables, heavy machinery) and advanced technical equipment, as well as interviews with former soldiers and a Russian Major General involved in the original system and its modernization. The facility functions as the ultimate nuclear command center capable of launching retaliatory strikes automatically if command is lost during a nuclear attack. Senior experts, including Western nuclear policy analysts Jeffrey Lewis and Andy Weber, assess the reactivation as a response to fears of decapitation strikes and increasing reliance on nuclear deterrence by Russia. The upgraded bunker is heavily fortified against bunker-busting weapons and includes new automation, mobile command posts, and space-based communication capabilities. This development signals a significant enhancement of Russia’s nuclear second-strike capabilities amid renewed East-West tensions.

This detailed investigation reveals that Russia has reactivated and extensively upgraded the highly secretive 'Object 1335,' an underground nuclear command bunker located inside Mount Kosvinsky near the village of Kytlym in the Ural Mountains. Known as the site of the Perimetr system or 'Dead Hand,' this Cold War-era automated nuclear retaliation system has undergone a massive modernization effort from 2018 through at least 2024. The evidence includes thousands of leaked Russian military procurement documents showing huge orders of construction materials (22,000 tonnes of steel, 56,500 tonnes cement, 600 km of electrical cables, heavy machinery) and advanced technical equipment, as well as interviews with former soldiers and a Russian Major General involved in the original system and its modernization. The facility functions as the ultimate nuclear command center capable of launching retaliatory strikes automatically if command is lost during a nuclear attack. Senior experts, including Western nuclear policy analysts Jeffrey Lewis and Andy Weber, assess the reactivation as a response to fears of decapitation strikes and increasing reliance on nuclear deterrence by Russia. The upgraded bunker is heavily fortified against bunker-busting weapons and includes new automation, mobile command posts, and space-based communication capabilities. This development signals a significant enhancement of Russia’s nuclear second-strike capabilities amid renewed East-West tensions.