Inside the World’s Most Powerful Building

The Genius Design of The Pentagon. The Pentagon has been one of the most secure buildings on Earth for many decades, home to some of the most classified documents in the history of the United States. But how do they manage to keep everything so safe?

Prior to the construction of the Pentagon, the United States military had been growing dramatically due to World War I, and even after it ended, it just didn’t stop growing. So instead of continuing to build smaller military office spaces, it was decided that they should have a place to consolidate everything, and thus the Pentagon was crafted.

The Pentagon was made in the shape of a pentagon originally because of the geographical region they originally were using; however, even after moving, they kept it in that shape due to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fondness for it and because of the convenience of travel and also the symbolic meaning that had been placed on it. The building was completed in an incredibly fast 16 months because of the ongoing World War II and the need for the space.

In the '90s, an asbestos outbreak that resulted in renovations, followed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, resulted in Project Phoenix beginning—a project to rebuild and reinforce the remainder of the building but also to focus on securing the surrounding area in which the building was most vulnerable. These changes made the Pentagon into the near impenetrable fortress it is in the modern day.

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[ronaldlee]

In 1999, they had guided tours of the facility, that was really exciting since we couldn't get a ticket to the WH. But once inside, it is just looks like another other office building. Nothing flashy, no drama.

[djayharder]

To my FBI agent, I watched this video for strictly educational purposes only

[WHAMaTRON]

Inside the pentagon! Yet we never went in the doors

[okay_then]

The pentagon is no match for a Boeing 757.

[NotNochos]

3:16 I genuinely laughed out loud on a bus when I heard “Collaborative” and “US Army” in the same sentence

[jcclark]

The Air Force wasn't spun out of the Army until AFTER WWII.

[AC-vtiw]

Pentagon for the five military services, being Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines…. Now there’s space force but they were a thing at that time

[ddc]

It's an amazing place. I was invited by the joint chief of Staff for the Air Force and went to his office as well as to other off limits areas. It was amazing. As tragic as 9/11 was, it showed how stupid they were attacking that building. Even if they had hit all 5 sides of that building, the command center would still be operational. But I'll always remember that it's the only place in the entire military that you don't salute when outside in the center area.

[davtra]

0:14 "... known worldwide for its unbeatable security." And yet a rabbit got into the inner courtyard undetected 🤣😆

[Rhoda-mbyk]

every video you produce is a must-see, keep them coming!

[peter-radiantpipes]

Gen. Leslie Groves had a huge impact with this and Manhattan Project.

[rouslanbugorskiy]

"He just liked it", I like this line. There were very obvious reasons why he liked it, geometrical shapes with have something to do with "5" is very specific to a certain society.

[RV_Chef_Life]

All those security cameras and all we were shown was a tiny clip of plane hitting.

[apostoloseleftheriadis]

The best place was the coffee shop in the garden, right in the center 😂
I don’t know if it exists today.

[No-plwe]

In Italy there is a pentagonal building, built in the 1500s, Palazzo Farnese Caprarola.

[Md.RahbiaRahmanRimon]

Pentagon is the most secured building in the world
Meanwhile Osama be like: Lemme Hold my Rooh-Afzah

[bang]

I used to think the pentagon represents the world 5 continents.

[ChandrashekharYadav-fudi]

The World is always peace and always equality and always progress.
The United Nations sentence -The truth of Jay.

[ilovechieftains]

"You are warned with a laser that a trained pilot will recognize as a warning to reroute out of the area." Yeah no that's not a thing....a laser is actually very hazardous to pilots and can cause temporary blindness. There is no "pilot training" for a laser warning system. The laser system you are talking about is to detect incoming missiles and other laser guided systems.