icbm
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Monster Machines: Israel’s National Missile Shield Could Shoot Satellites Out Of Orbit
Israel doesn’t get on too well with its Arab neighbours, and the threat of annihilation by ballistic missile is always present. To defend itself against this potential threat, Israel has built an Iron Dome-like defence system that covers the entire nation. But if this system can exo-atmospherically neutralise incoming ICBM’s, what’s to keep it from…
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The US Air Force’s Crazy Plan To Launch Nuclear ICBMs From A Cargo Plane
When you think ICBM, things get Freudian — a long, slender missile erupting from an underground silo or submarine bay, gliding upwards. You probably don’t consider a giant missile dumped from the back of a plane. The Air Force did.