TIL the U.S. deliberately maintains hundreds of vulnerable ICBM silos partly as a“nuclear sponge.”In a first strike,an enemy would have to spend a huge portion of its arsenal destroying the 450 si...

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Original Title: TIL the U.S. deliberately maintains hundreds of vulnerable ICBM silos partly as a“nuclear sponge.”In a first strike,an enemy would have to spend a huge portion of its arsenal destroying the 450 silos, diverting warheads away from other strategic targets and Cities