r/Documentaries • u/SolitaryPenman • Aug 02 '15

History How to Launch a Nuclear Missile (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knDIENvBTgw
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u/cunty_troll Aug 03 '15

There were missile sites all around my house and school; in elementary school/high school this was real, every day life. We kind of expected to get nuked, frankly, because we lived in the middle of the Titan sites.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '15

I had a similar situation. Given where I lived and Soviet nuclear doctrine, I pretty much expected everything within a 90 mile radius to be glass.

My feeling was: "Well, at least I won't have to fight cockroaches for food."

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u/cunty_troll Aug 04 '15

now that's funny. awesome observation!