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It's an (old) ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile), not ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) silo. ABMs shoot down incoming ICBMs.
by ucarion 5y ago
It's an (old) ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile), not ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) silo. ABMs shoot down incoming ICBMs.
- HWR_14 5y agoSo if I live there, I'll be able to survive the upcoming (eventual) nuclear war due to my own ICBM defense system!
- ucarion 5y agoLiving in the middle of nowhere is probably a better survival strategy, FWIW. In the event that the US is attacked, ICBM silos act as a nuclear sponge -- things adversaries have to blow up, lest we fire back using them. ABMs are targets too, because they enhance the sponge. So living far from silos (and their command centers), and far from the large cities that the sponge protects, is a better survival strategy. :)
- Aeolun 5y agoImmediate survival strategy. You’d have to be more worried about what happens after the bombs fall.