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Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite expert warnings

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Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending surged to $91.4 billion last year .

At the same time, private bunker sales are on the rise globally.

Critics say bunkers create a false perception that a nuclear war is survivable.

The market for U.S. bomb and fallout shelters is forecast to grow from $137 million last year to $175 million by 2030 .

The government's efforts to educate the public were reinvigorated after a false alarm missile alert in Hawaii in 2018 caused widespread panic.

Nonproliferation advocates bristle at the bunkers, shelters or any suggestion that a nuclear war is survivable.

"Bunkers are, in fact, not a tool to survive nuclear war, but a tool for allowing a population to psychologically endure the possibility of nuclear war," one expert says.

Couple found a home with at least eight parking spots on a basketball court.

Beneath it was a bunker, which Jones said he put up for sale for family reasons.

They aren't particularly worried about nuclear war, and haven't spent a night in the bunker.

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