[jerseygirl]

As an aside, I wonder how many of the missiles would actually work.

[Poohbah]

As an aside, I wonder how many of the missiles would actually work.

We conduct occasional "test launches" at Vandenberg.

Prior to launch, the missile undergoes a much more thorough checkout, with a great deal of repair work, than it would get before a combat launch.

Our failure rate for these launches is about 1 in 5.