car. the huge door that sits atop a minuteman is thrown horizontally off the silo by explosive charges during the launch. the theory is that the cover is blown aside so rapidly that a vehicle parked on top of it with the brakes off will be left basically hanging in thin air like yanking a tablecloth out from under dishes, and then the 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
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
been a bit of trouble, a little bit of trouble with one of these, with one of these nuclear missiles and with the silo and one of these nuclear missile silos and with the missile inside it. it was a minute man 3 which is an intercontinental ballistic missile topped with nuclear warheads. and it malfunked. unprompted without any instruction from anyone that missile started giving all the indications that it was going through its launch sequence, that it was going to go off. the way it was described in the press it was as if the president had given the command to launch that nuclear weapon. the missile went through all its different light changes indicating it was in the middle of launch. they freaking thought it was going to go off. they called a maintenance team to troubleshoot what was going on, to determine a full-on sprint if this nuclear missile was about to launch itself which is what it says it was going to
the closest we have ever been to global nuclear war, the united states air force made an announcement. they announced that something had happened in cheyenne, wyoming, that was a little unusual. this is an american nuclear missile silo. see that thing on the ground there that kind of looks like a squished star wars fighter or something, kind of that odd-shaped angular thing there? that s a blast door. it weighs 90 tons. the silo holding the nuclear missile is underground and the blast door sits on the ground on top of the opening of the silo so if for some reason the missile blows up underground, there is that handy 90 ton blast door tamping down the explosion and basically holding the whole thing in. the united states air force announce quietly to the local press in wyoming that there had been a bit of trouble, a little
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 stuff. sometimes it does happen. sometimes it turns out to be your generation, your workplace, your country, where you live where it happens. what do you do when you re confronted with that? well, history s any guide, what we do in this country is we improvise, america. we do what we can. look around, make a quick inventory of the resources we ve got at hand. somebody figure a way to macgyver this thing. we ve got to do what we can. we always have. what makes our country our country, not like how are we