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I grew up in Naperville, IL, and one of my teachers told us that we were goners in a nuclear war because we were halfway between Fermilab and Argonne National L
by acjohnson55 5y ago
I grew up in Naperville, IL, and one of my teachers told us that we were goners in a nuclear war because we were halfway between Fermilab and Argonne National Lab. We also had a missile silo in our town, although it had been decommissioned and turned into a park by the 90s. Probably would have caught a nuke, just in case.
- jonathankoren 5y agoNike missile sites were common around the major cities in the US. The were there to shoot down Soviet bombers and try to shoot down an ICBM warhead. Of course being 1960s technology, the missiles’ inaccuracy and lack of numbers, was offset by having nuclear warheads. The plan was to set a nuke off above your own city, to try to destroy/deflect another nuke, or an entire bomber squadron. SMH
- CapitalistCartr 5y agoYou would have loved the Air-2A Genie weapon. An air-to-air anti-aircraft missile. Nuclear. Or the time we dropped nukes down a couple gas wells to experiment with Nuclear Fracking.
- throwanem 5y agoThe Genie was a rocket, not a missile. Missiles are guided. A nuclear bomb you can just generally boresight more or less in the direction of a bomber formation and let fly, or so went the theory.
- ghaff 5y agoThe nuclear option was added later on. The house I grew up in was right next to a Nike base outside of Philadelphia. For those in the Bay Area, there's a Nike base that offers tours a few days a week in Golden Gate Recreational Area.