Last but not least: Radio that goes through concrete

 Have they been watching too many old James Bond movies in Bern? In any case, the officials seem to be having a flashback: The secret transmitter network from the Cold War is being revamped to provide a nationwide emergency radio program in the event of a disaster. Under the illustrious project name "Information of the population by the federal government in crisis situations with radio" (IBBK), 36 underground secret antennas that can be deployed if necessary are being refurbished at a cost of 18 million, as the media magazine Klartext reports in its latest issue. In the event of a crisis, SRG employees will provide the concrete-penetrating program together with communication experts from the federal departments. The maintenance of a broadcasting network worth millions, which still seems to be entirely committed to the idea of a bomb shelter, raises a number of questions. After all, two years ago even the National Council spoke out in favor of abolishing the shelter obligation. As expected, however, the Federal Office for Civil Protection told Klartext that it was convinced by the project. Only the issue of secrecy needs to be reconsidered: although the IBBK project is classified as confidential, a Swisscom brochure openly refers to the existence of the disaster transmitters. So the smarty-pants will probably have to go over the books again.