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This is an interesting article, but I mean... these bases still exist. They're no secret. Both Russia and the United States have underground missile control f
by chakalakasp 10y ago
This is an interesting article, but I mean... these bases still exist. They're no secret. Both Russia and the United States have underground missile control facilities that control small clusters of nuclear silos ready to launch at any moment. (Additionally, the U.S. has a large submarine nuclear force that does the same and Russia has a small submarine force ready to do the same, both have a small contingent of bombers, and Russia has quite a few mobile ground based launch platforms).
Living in Nebraska, I drive by the Minuteman silos pretty often when I chase storms. They look like this (I took this a couple years ago): https://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/14505073893/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/14505073893/
There are lots of them. This is a map of just one of the three fields, based out of Warren: http://www.nukewatchinfo.org/nuclearweapons/nebraska,%20colorado,%20wyoming.jpg http://www.nukewatchinfo.org/nuclearweapons/nebraska,%20colo...
- planteen 10y agoI drive through Wyoming to western Nebraska a few times a year and have seen those. I had no idea! I thought they were oil/gas pipeline access.