On 4/27/2010 8:13 PM, David Spain wrote:

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.

That was a bit more than a circular railroad; in times of crisis the
trains were going to set out from their bases to travel around the nation.
They could stop at pre-surveyed sites on the rail system and enter the
targeting coordinates into the missile guidance systems for any launch
point they happened to be at.

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!

The idea was to make the railcars inconspicuous...that would not make
them inconspicuous unless other trains set out with things like "Hello
Clitty Sex Toys" and "**** Incorporated Manure Supply Company"* on their
railcars to serve as decoys. ;-)

* I was watching the Goldman-Sachs Senate investigation on CSPAN today,
and it now officially okay to say "****ty" on TV...in fact you can say
it over-and-over again.


Pat