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To: ChicagoConservative27

“…most likely primary target as detonating just two of those storehouses could cause an explosion equal to 100,000 tons of TNT…”

Even an absolutely dead center hit on a silo with a missile still in it (ridiculous premise to begin with) would not result in a nuclear event by the warhead on that missile. Yes, the enemy missile would wreak destruction & radiation poisoning but the nuclear material in the silo would not go critical. The US warhead material would likely rupture & add to the general radiation poisoning event.


26 posted on 12/09/2024 1:14:45 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: T-Bird45

Although our missiles might get away beforehand, as you say, those detonations would most likely be ground bursts.

The worst of all.


34 posted on 12/09/2024 1:32:17 PM PST by crz
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