> There's a high risk of debris falling on people on the ground.
That excuse seems really odd to me. Montana is the third-least densely populated state with 6.86 people per square mile of land.
That excuse seems really odd to me. Montana is the third-least densely populated state with 6.86 people per square mile of land.
https://www.malmstrom.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Ar...
They could probably shoot it down without making much debris. And even if it made debris, at most it would hit a cow. The reality is it's not collecting anything of value.
These have taken place numerous times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/341st_Missile_Wing_LGM-30_Minu...
It's like a fly sitting on the windshield of your car parked in the driveway or something. It's there, it might be annoying if you think about it, but it isn't actually doing any meaningful harm.
Maybe they are planning to drop an insignificant number of small munitions on random locations in the US or something.