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

[Thor_MN]

42. Same shit, different decade...

When I was in first grade, there was a missile base just down the road. Twelve Hiroshima's worth of nuclear tipped anti-aircraft missiles less than a mile from my elementary school. The Bomarc missiles had a range of about 250 miles, there was a string of bases along the Canadian border. Mine was just outside Duluth, Minnesota. You can still see the base (long decommissioned) here: http://goo.gl/maps/KvWJV The 28 missile sheds are visible in the lower right. My school is in the upper left.

Had they ever been used, I'm guessing that International Falls would no longer be known as "Icebox of the Nation" as it wouldn't exist. The war industry had us convinced that we had to be prepared to use nuclear devices over our own land to prevent the possible use of other nuclear devices in places not of our choosing.


I can't begin to imagine the total cost we have spent and are continuing to spend on Cold War defense. I have to imagine much of the war hawk rhetoric is funded by the companies that benefit from these expenditures. The insanity of being prepared to use nukes over our own people (ironic echos there..) is being replaced by preparing to defend against the country that we are partnering with rid another country of chemical weapons. I guess it's not supposed to make sense, just dollars.