Fucking Ridiculous ANYWHERE: Really? A Missile-Base in Vermont

[MineralMan]

11. Well, given the type of missiles you mentioned,

Vermont is sort of an ideal spot for them, if they are needed. Those missiles are designed to destroy an ICBM while it is in-flight. Since the only country really capable of launching such an attack is Russia, those missiles would use a polar flight pattern if the US is the target. So, Vermont is sort of ideally placed to launch such a defense.

Now, I don't think they're needed or will be needed in the future, but if they're going to put them somewhere, Vermont is the ideal location, being at the Northeast corner of the US. A system designed to destroy an ICBM while it is still in space does make sense, from a defensive point of view, since the warhead won't have gone through its arming sequence at that point, most likely. And that's what that missile system is designed to do.

As I said, I don't think such systems are needed, but Vermont is where I'd put them if I thought they were needed. For missiles launched from the other side of Russia, I'd put them in Washington state.

Polar trajectories.