Originally Posted By: john_pifer
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Actually, whether they can be kept fueled depends on the rocket. The Titan II, our last liquid-fuel ICBM, was kept fueled and ready to launch. It was the heaviest ICBM we have ever deployed - capable of delivering an ~ 9MT warhead or 3 smaller ones.
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Because we couldn't hit the broad side of a barn back then. Guidance and accuracy replaced giant megatons...
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Actually, whether they can be kept fueled depends on the rocket. The Titan II, our last liquid-fuel ICBM, was kept fueled and ready to launch. It was the heaviest ICBM we have ever deployed - capable of delivering an ~ 9MT warhead or 3 smaller ones.
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Because we couldn't hit the broad side of a barn back then. Guidance and accuracy replaced giant megatons...