Power in the US will be transferred to the military and officials of the “second tier”.
This is stated in an exclusive publication by Newsweek dedicated to “top-secret military plans in the event of a government collapse due to a coronavirus.”
According to media reports, the Pentagon has already received orders to prepare the possibility of transferring the leadership of the country if the epidemic of coronavirus infection COVID-19 gets out of control. It is noted that in the modern history of the United States, the military department receives such instructions for the first time.
Emergency measures themselves involve the evacuation of the presidential administration in special shelters. In addition, the plan includes the implementation of a well-developed strategy to eliminate the consequences of a nuclear war.
Contingency plans developed by the U.S. Northern Command. The agency was formed precisely to provide defense in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, as noted in the publication, instructed the Northern Command to prepare for the implementation of a strategy developed in the event of an armed conflict on American soil. In this regard, the powers of the executive branch may be transferred to the military until the civilian leadership resumes work.
Compounding the implementation of these plans is the fact that the military itself is extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus. In this regard, the Pentagon even imposed severe restrictions on the activities of the military outside the bases.