That is real stupid. As there is no real anti-missile defense, and the range of the missile allows it to hit easily, moving your missile batterys far from the enemy is a bit smarter. The Syrians after fighting Israel bought new long range Skud-D's just so they could move them to the far border on Iraq's side. That will make the Israeli Jets have to fly all the way across Syria to reach the skuds. Waving your skud in your enemies face is a good way to have it removed from your inventory before its time.