vehicle will drop straight down in the hopes of keeping the launching missile from going anywhere. the ap concludes, this procedure has never been tested, the spokesman added. yeah, you think? that was their plan. that's the procedure they invented on the spot. malfunctioning nuclear armed missile that is starting to launch itself, that would include the blast door shooting off sideways with the armored car sitting on top of it with its brakes off and like a tablecloth being ripped off a table, it would hover there for a second and then fall on to the nose of the missile while it was in the process of shooting out of the silo. and maybe that would stop it. maybe. i mean, at that point it's like worth a shot, right? if all else fails, why not try that? bad stuff happens. even potential end of the world