Comment on I'm watching Wargames(1983), could local people have heard the missile doors opening during a test?
fubo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My impression is that US missile silos are located mostly in sparsely populated areas of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, where there are not a lot of locals to overhear the garage door opening.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The caps to missile silos are several feet thick and made from concrete and steel. From what I remember, when the door opens it’s pushed to the side by rockets. So it’s a little more dramatic than a garage door.
oldGregg@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Pfft maybe your garage door.
Zippy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They can open the doors slowly via some hydraulic method. I do not suspect during tests they use the rocket opening option which can open the door in two seconds.
AmidFuror@kbin.social 8 months ago
Probably at least 3/4 horsepower then.