The "Doomsday" Boxcars: How Trains Hid Nuclear Weapons In Plain Sight

Описание: In the 1980s, the US Air Force realized their nuclear silos were sitting ducks for Soviet satellites. Their solution? Put the missiles on wheels.

The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a plan to turn the American rail network into a giant shell game.

These "Doomsday Boxcars" were designed to carry the largest nuclear missile ever built—the LGM-118A Peacekeeper—inside what looked like an ordinary freight train.

The plan was simple but terrifying: blend in with commercial rail traffic, roam the country undetected, and if war started, stop and launch a 195,000-pound ICBM from the middle of nowhere in less than 15 minutes.

This is the story of the Ghost Trains that almost carried the apocalypse.

In this video: ☢️ The Strategy: Why "Mobile Missiles" were the obsession of the Cold War. 🚂 The Tech: How to fit a 70-foot nuclear missile inside a standard boxcar. 🚀 The Launch: The "Cold Launch" technology that ejected the missile before ignition. 🛑 The End: Why the project was cancelled just as it was ready to deploy.

👇 The Verdict: Was this a brilliant deterrent or a safety nightmare? Let us know in the comments.

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