Re: Missile Silos

Posted by oldtanker on August 29, 2014 at 06:35:14 from (64.118.3.75):

In Reply to: Missile Silos posted by buickanddeere on August 28, 2014 at 11:05:54:

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The Silos were not well thought out. All they were, were targets for the Soviet Missile Forces, just like their silos were targets for ours. Once both sides had pretty good sat surveillance of each others silos that could detect a launch in real time, giving the other side time to launch a retaliatory before the silos were destroyed, they were obsolete. After all, the sites would be contaminated for at least 50 years so the silos couldn't be reloaded. One time shot kind of deal.

What I find interesting was the MX missile that was supposed to replace the Atlas. Smaller rockets, cheaper to make and maintain, that were small enough to carry a single warhead and be carried in a normal sized semi trailer. The concept was that the silos being stationary thus a target while what looked like a normal RR box car or a normal semi truck hidden in plain view, constantly moving would be impossible to target. The idea came up when Regan was in office. It was opposed by many people who didn't want a nuke parked in their back yard. The idea was allegedly scrapped, right about the time they announced that they were going to start shutting down some of the silos.

OK someone said that we don't need the Atlas any longer citing cruise missiles, subs and guided bombs. We don't have guided nukes. They require a laser beam to follow that has to have a designator. That's done one of 2 ways. On larger targets another aircraft can illuminate a target while diving at the target. Not exactly what you would want to do. Getting ever closer to the point of impact until the bomb goes off. The other is with someone on the ground. Our small nukes would wipe out either the aircraft or the team on the ground.

Anyone ever see or hear of a nuke artillery round? The tactical battle field nuke? They fire out of a 155MM gun. Supposed to have the yield of the bombs dropped on Japan. The bombs dropped on Japan were so big in size, not power, that it took a B29 to carry just one. Not the same power is in a 110 pound artillery round.

Rick

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