Missile launch facility
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missile-launch-facility-170-9268706
title:
Missile launch facility
text:
A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs). Similar facilities can be used for anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs). The structures typically have the missile some distance below ground, protected by a large "blast
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description:
Underground structure for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_launch_facility
date created:
2010-01-23T02:39:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:53:42Z
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