Photo: Air Force forces practice a security intervention on a visiting PM editor. Jonathan TorgovnikBehind The Scenes At A Nuclear Alert Facility -- Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics' Senior Editor Joe Pappalardo has some strange experiences at a U.S. nuclear missile base.
Great Falls, Mont.—Like most Americans, the citizens of Great Falls don't spend much time thinking about the nuclear missiles resting in silos dug into the surrounding high plains and mountains. Residents here seem more protective of their favorite trout streams and more worried about bears than about the local arsenal of nuclear weapons. "They've been here more than 50 years," says one taxi driver. "So what's the big deal?"
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My Comment: Is this too much security .... probably. Is it necessary .... well .... we are talking about nuclear weapons.
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