Nuclear missile silo (Red Alert 2)

A nuclear silo was a large linear enclosed area similar to a tall hanger that was extremely heavily armored, and housed one or more nuclear weapons. They were designed to be armored heavily enough to withstand a direct nuclear weapon hit on their own position, and still be able to fire their own nuclear weapon. During the Great World War II, these silos were primarily buried in the ground to protect the deadly weaponry they contained, and drew a significant amount of power.



Before the Great World War III the United States built a nuclear silo facility with at least three operational silos known to contain at least 10 nuclear missiles as deterrence against a full scale attack. However, when the time came to use it against a full scale attack. It failed due to the Soviet sabotaging the presidential authorization line to the silos allowing the psychic Yuri to use it to mind control the operators using them to destroy the facility by having them launch the missiles but not open the silo doors.

However the Soviets had many smaller Silos that they deployed on many occasions.

Counters
While the nuclear missile was being constructed and fueled it was vulnerable to a Spy sabotaging it. It was also vulnerable to being destroyed by SEALs or even Tanya. Prism Tanks could also destroy the silo in a timely manner. The latter stopping a nuclear missile launch by firing their beams at the missile causing it to harmlessly detonate before it would destroy the invasion force and all of Moscow.

Usage


Its most notable use was the nuclear attack that destroyed Chicago. It was also used against the military base in the Florida keys developing the Chronosphere. The Soviets used them to blackmail European powers into not aiding the Allies in the war. During the Psychic Dominator Disaster, Yuri seized one of the Soviet's Nuclear Silos and threatened all of Seattle with it in an effort to force Bob Bing, CEO of Massivesoft, to fund his operations.