Reply to post: Re: What does happen when an ICBM launch fails?

ESA's Sentinel satellite to ride converted ICBM

Hurn

Re: What does happen when an ICBM launch fails?

You do if you're at the launch site. Especially if it's the first one to launch.

Presumably, there's some sort of arming mechanism, which only arms them once they've traveled far enough away from the launcher. Kinda like submarines and torpedoes (or bombers and bombs, for that matter).

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