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This is an old gem dating back to the MX system, which was actually much newer than the Minuteman III system at the time. [0]

MX was deactivated in 2005 per SALT II. [1]

They moved the enhanced RVs from MX over to Minuteman. [2]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a1acYZ93yc

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper#Retirement...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LGM-30_Minuteman&...

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How they move them is also fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguards_Transporter

Lot lizards will have a bad day if they proposition that truck!

> typically escorted by three dark colored Chevrolet Suburbans

Why the fetish for this particular vehicle, even when anonymity is at a premium?

Largest American-made passenger vehicle that still fits in a regular lane width. You could use a short schoolbus or something, like a SWAT team, but they're less comfortable :)

Also more conspicuous. Suburbans are common enough that nobody would think twice about seeing 3 on the road in close proximity. Three short schoolbuses would be weird.

Three black suburbans in a row are definitely very conspicuous.

Even bigger than my Yukon Denali XL by .5 inches despite having the identical frame.

More info on the Transporter. They tested it using rockets fire another transport truck at it.

https://www.twz.com/37156/new-nuke-transporting-tractor-trai...

https://www.twz.com/14253/the-us-moves-nukes-in-booby-trappe...

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