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It does seem silly, but not out or the realm of possibility. The Great Lakes stretch further north and closer to the Russian heartland than almost any land in A
by noduerme 4y ago
It does seem silly, but not out or the realm of possibility. The Great Lakes stretch further north and closer to the Russian heartland than almost any land in America. Any international waters further north and closer by great circle distance to Moscow, besides the north Atlantic, are covered in ice part of the year. Someone said it's cheaper to dig holes in the ground. The problem is those holes are on a first strike list. There's a case for second strike capabilities based in the Great Lakes.
- RajT88 4y agoGreat lakes commercial fisherman and also crew on container ships have said for years that they see weird stuff dozens of miles offshore in the Great lakes. Fish stories and all that. But there is precedent for submarines and even aircraft carriers in the Great lakes. Lake Michigan is filled with crashed trainer aircraft from WWII.
- xattt 4y agoCan you be more specific about the weird stuff? Are you suggesting the Great Lakes are occupied by foreign states? A comment above mentions a demilitarization treaty of the Great Lakes.
- RajT88 4y ago> Are you suggesting the Great Lakes are occupied by foreign states? I am definitely not suggesting it's a foreign state. That's less probable than unknown domestic military activities. Reports of odd lights in sky or water. Or general nonspecific stories of "weird shit". There's more too, but those are fish stories (sharks, people claim). I like to do outdoorsy stuff, so this is what I've heard from fisherman, ferrymen, etc.
- kennend3 4y agoCan you provide a map which indicates how the "Great lakes" (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) are somehow "close to Moscow"? These lakes are in general on or near the Canada–United States border. There are rivers to the north which feed the lakes, but the lakes are no where near Moscow. Perhaps you mean Moscow, Ontario which is around 35KM north of Lake Ontario? If not, Moscow, Russia is a 16 hour flight from the great lakes area.
- noduerme 4y agoSince you asked, here's a polar projection centered on Moscow. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3201b.ct002675/?r=0.011,0.16,1.011,0.64,0 https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3201b.ct002675/?r=0.011,0.16,1...
- fragmede 4y agoAn ICBM will take less than an hour to travel that distance ballistically. Ie going to space and back.