Sacrificial Lambs
The success of the “nuclear sponge” strategy means the destruction of the Great Plains.
As the Cold War developed, nuclear silos cropped up across the American West, from Montana down to Texas. These installations contained intercontinental ballistic missiles with their noses pointed toward the Soviet Union. From the first Atlas sites in Wyoming, constructed under President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959, the arsenal has expanded to encompass thousands of […]
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