Submitted 1 year ago by szlwzl@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
In the beginning of Wargames, they have a drill for a missile launch which includes opening the exterior doors required for 10 missiles.
Would people living in the local area have been able to hear this and understand what the noise was?
I’m guessing the missile bases were isolated but how much so?
I seriously doubt they would be able to hear it as they were/are in the middle of nowhere.
See for yourself:
Do they have any around Bozeman, Montana that comes with the missile? I don't need the warhead, I got other plans...
My impression is that US missile silos are located mostly in sparsely populated areas of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, where there are not a lot of locals to overhear the garage door opening.
Fun fact unrelated to your question. Salem ariport still isn’t as big as it was depicted as being in this film 40 years ago.
Was there a large audible sound in the scene? I’ve seen the movie more than a few times as a kid but don’t recall loud mechanical sounds of the missile doors. If it was a drill, no doubt they would had routinely opened the doors on the regular in the past, and at the bare minimum, they should have done due maintenance to ensure silky smooth and squeek free opening of said doors.
Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In short, very isolated. At least 8km for the nearest town, which are normally tiny.
Here’s a subset of launch sites as an example : newyorkprepper.com/…/u-s-nuclear-missile-silo-fie…
The is purposely done, both for security of the sites themselves, and security of people who would happen to live near sites.