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* ANuclearError: [[spoiler:Missiles being destroyed inside their silos would not actually trigger the warheads in real life, but it would probably spread radioactive fallout all over the country, which, if one takes into consideration the rad counter next to the projected casualties on the Pentagon screen, is probably what the Bad Guys wanted. Short of reprogramming the [=ICBMs=] to hit US targets this would be the most destructive way of employing the [=ICBMs=] against the US, as nuclear explosions inside the silos would not do much damage as the silos are far from population or strategic centers and the fallout from the explosion of a modern thermonuclear bomb is much smaller then the one resulted from using its fissile material as a dirty bomb, which is what the bad guy is trying]].
** Made worse by [[spoiler: the thing destroying the missiles, Cerberus, being explicitly a failsafe designed ''to stop nukes from going off.'']]

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* ANuclearError: [[spoiler:Missiles being destroyed inside their silos would not actually trigger the warheads in real life, but it would probably or spread any kind of radioactive fallout all over the country, which, if one takes into consideration the rad counter next to the projected casualties on the Pentagon screen, is probably what the Bad Guys wanted. Short of reprogramming the [=ICBMs=] to hit US targets contamination. We know this would be because it's actually happened before - the most destructive way of employing the [=ICBMs=] against the US, as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus_Titan_missile_explosion 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion]] was a nuclear explosions missile exploding inside its silo, and all it did was launch the silos would not do much damage as warhead out of the silos are far from population or strategic centers and silo like a potato cannon; due to safety features on the fallout from the explosion warhead, there wasn't any loss of a modern thermonuclear bomb is much smaller then the one resulted from using its fissile radioactive material as a dirty bomb, which is what the bad guy is trying]].
** Made worse by [[spoiler: the thing destroying the missiles, Cerberus, being explicitly a failsafe designed ''to stop nukes from going off.'']]
or any kind of contamination.]]

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