"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" writes:

David Spain wrote:
And let us not forget this concept has its genesis in our own MX,
before we went to that asinine "densepack" deployment. After all,
wasn't 'mobile'
the original reason for the "M" in MX? The trick of course, was to
make sure the carrier trailers could fit "under" interstate highway
overpasses.

No, the MX was for Missile eXperimental.

Yeah you're right. I double checked at the FAS website.

Also, don't know how seriously the tractor trailer idea was considered,
but the circular railroad was.

Now Greg, you gotta admit that I'm right that this rail car would definitely
be improved with big DONGNAMA lettering printed on both sides!

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/ic...ekeeper_07.jpg

;-)

Dave