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> the crews who actually do the test fire treat it exactly like they would in the field, and are isolated from the more test side of thing Is anyone kept blind
by floatrock 2y ago
> the crews who actually do the test fire treat it exactly like they would in the field, and are isolated from the more test side of thing
Is anyone kept blind about it being a test? Like, does the crew wake up in the morning knowing "we're gonna launch a fake nuke today", or are they drinking their morning coffee like any other day in the bunker and suddenly the glaxon starts glaxoning?
- gedy 2y agoNot at all, as keep in mind they pack up a (random) operational ICBM and crew from Wyoming, South Dakota or wherever and transport it to Vandenberg SFB in California to test launch it from there.