Posted by oldtanker on September 01, 2014 at 07:24:47 from (64.118.3.75):
In Reply to: Missile Silos posted by 37Chief on August 28, 2014 at 10:45:56:
Actually a ground burst could cause a collapse of a silo if it's close enough. Back in the day we knew the Soviets had multiple warheads targeting each of our silos. So a preemptive strike could of wiped out our silo ICBMs. Then along came the ability to monitor their silos with satellites that would allow us time to launch before their missiles hit. The thing we couldn't protect against were the ballistic missile subs unless we knew where they were 100% of the time. They could park a boomer off the east coast with about a 60 second flight time for a strike on DC or any of our major ports. If our attack subs were not right on them we would not know in enough time to react.
Whoosh and boom were not anything we were taught, nor did we teach it when I taught Armor Tactics to the new butter bars at Ft Knox.
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