Plan A Simulation

Skybird · 05-17-21, 10:04 AM

No Minuteman 2 or 3 in Europe.

Those were ICBMs and they had their own fixed silos. The short range missiles the US stationed in Germany after Helmut Schmidt (!) bitterly fought for them (originally the Americans did not want to station them), were Pershing-2s and the first generation of Cruise Missiles. That it were the German government wanting them and the Americans not so much, is a story from history that many do not know. But it is true. I just say so, because it may still make some eyebrows rising. Different to the Sovjet- and GDR-infiltrated German peace movement and the hesitating US government of his time, Schmidt, world war 2 veteran that he was, had no cozy illusions about how the game had to be played.

The Minuteman is still in service, I think.

Schmidt again showed what a tough dog he could be during the plane hostage taking of Mogadishu. No deal with hostage takers, was his motto form day one on. (In these regards nobody was well-advised to underestimate him. He had his own experience during the third Reich as a teaher, and he learned the lessons well).

Jimbuna · 05-18-21, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The Minuteman is still in service, I think.

As of 2021, the LGM-30G Minuteman III version is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States and represents the land leg of the U.S. nuclear triad, along with the Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and nuclear weapons carried by long-range strategic bombers.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,735 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	No Minuteman 2 or 3 in Europe. Those were ICBMs and they had their own fixed silos. The short range missiles the US stationed in Germany after Helmut Schmidt (!) bitterly fought for them (originally the Americans did not want to station them), were Pershing-2s and the first generation of Cruise Missiles. That it were the German government wanting them and the Americans not so much, is a story from history that many do not know. But it is true. I just say so, because it may still make some eyebrows rising. Different to the Sovjet- and GDR-infiltrated German peace movement and the hesitating US government of his time, Schmidt, world war 2 veteran that he was, had no cozy illusions about how the game had to be played. The Minuteman is still in service, I think. Schmidt again showed what a tough dog he could be during the plane hostage taking of Mogadishu. No deal with hostage takers, was his motto form day one on. (In these regards nobody was well-advised to underestimate him. He had his own experience during the third Reich as a teaher, and he learned the lessons well). __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 05-17-21 at 10:13 AM.