In all the movies you saw in the 1980s...........they had them in the corn belt............the heartland.........the Midwest.................it would not surprise me to learn if most, if not all are in the Cascades................quick launch..........less distance to travel..............the further away the target.........the more difficult to hit it.......

Why I wouldn't fire one across the artic? Winds and cold......................and the Pacific ocean does not have mountain ranges in it.............it is all Sea level.............b/c the whole thing is an ocean..........with the Candian rockies in the way.......................I would hit China and Russia..............directly across the Pacific..........my father, who informed htem................he was in Army artillery..............told them the same I bet.....

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