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0 pointsdumah2y ago0 comments

Regular testing is one of the few times a US ICBM would _not_ be in alert status.

Ground-based launchers are not survivable and must be ready to fire promptly after attack warning.

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detourdog2y ago· 2 in thread

What do you mean aground based launch isn’t survivable?

They mean the launch sites aren’t, because they are are obvious, high priority, targets for the enemy.

I get it now. I was fixated on our own missiles, sometimes I forget the context of these objects.

Thank you.

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