The Rand corporation proposed a super fast system of underground maglevs
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P4874.pdf
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2009/P6092.pdf
Plus there are various rumors that the government has its own system connecting underground bases. Emphasis on the word rumor though.
http://izrahbanyahuda.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/hugetunnel.jpg
http://projectcamelot.org/tunnel_boring_machine_4_lg.jpg
Couldn’t find any pictures of the train system only tunnels and tunneling machines. These could potentially revolutionize the construction of subway systems.
Is not the RAND corporation a creation of the CIA?
Patents for the tunneling system.
http://www.google.com/patents/US3693731
I doubt it, much of its work is public information, although I will concede that much of its earliest research was tied to Department Of Defense contracts.
The channel tunnel is 30 miles long and cost around EIGHT BILLION USD to build. Even if more optimal tunnelling techniques can cut that to a tenth of the cost, I’m struggling to see how such a project could ever be fundable.
It’s at the center of the entire Conspiracy-Theory Complex (to coin a term) but I think that was more because it was/is an organization that works for governments inventing schemes to help them do what they do, rather than because of some proven link.
Still, it’d be nice if the CIA built us a giant underground train network. They get a bad rap as it is, this can only help…
Yuck. I’d rather fly or take a bus. At least there’s a window.
Both are significantly slower and on an airplane you would still be unable to see scenery.
I am plenty amused looking out the window of an airplane. It’s interesting to see the places I’ve been on the ground from the air - even 7 miles up.
30 minutes underground would be about my limit. How far could I get?
Strictly speaking, you see way more scenery from the air! In perfect conditions, you can see over 10,000 square miles!
yes the Chunnel is about my limit ! !
Hop the subway from New York to Washington.