• shimmer [undecided]
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    2 years ago

    They put the silos away from large cities because they are first or second targets. You could be in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by nukes in the US.

    • shimmer [undecided]
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      2 years ago

      As much as I trust the US military to tell the entire world exactly where the most powerful ICBMs are located, I have a gut feeling there are some that are hidden to the public, the other nuke havers quietly know about.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Submarines, mostly. There are a bunch of boomers cruising around all over the place all the time with a bunch of missiles each. If the enemy doesn't know where the nuke subs are then there's nothing they can do to destroy them before they launch their nukes in retaliation.

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      we keep all ours on submarines afaik
      with one storage location in scotland

      edit: flicking through a parliamentary briefing document, there are also the manufacturing plants in berkshire where they are built and maintained

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, the UK's whole nuclear deterrent is no one being certain where their subs are at any given moment so they can't take out the nuke subs and prevent the UK from launching a retaliatory strike.

        • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          "it's in the middle of no-where, completely away from people!" westminster insists while pointing at a place uncomfortably close to Glasgow