

military need for large, land-based ICBM warheads, there would still be Titan II's on alert today.", we just don't NEED such large WARHEADS any longer. We can now do it with a single much smaller yield MIRV without having to kill 10's or even 100's of thousands of innocent civilians, ergo, his statement was correct in every aspect, so " Bottom line: if there still was a U.S. The point that the gentleman was making was that due to the accuracy of the current systems, as well as a shift in US nuclear policy, we no longer need massive single warheads capable of destroying entire cities in order to take out a single military target. All in all, the PK was a fine "kid brother" of the Titan II, but the Titan maintains it's ranking as the #1 largest US ICBM ever fielded. The Titan carried a single (unclassified) 9 Megaton W-53 Warhead while the PK carried a maximum of 10 300 Kiloton W-87 MIRV's (total maximum yield 3 Megatons). The Titan II was 10' in diameter while the PK was only 7'7" in diameter. The Titan II was 103' long while the Peacekeeper was a mere 71'6" tall. Also, contrary to your 5th point, the Peacekeeper was not bigger than the Titan II in any respect. As is the case with so many "military" movies, it failed to accurately convey any of the realities of military life (they even made serious errors with the uniforms), they over sensationalized basic everyday things and glossed over major issues. It became such a hit that it was eventually licensed by Simon and Schuster and became a bestseller. It's the first in the Silo trilogy of books.As a former member of the 308th SMW at LRAFB (the real life unit where the actual incident occurred), I found the movie to be lame at best. As corn becomes quicksand inside of a 50-foot tall silo, the town locals must put aside their differences to save Cody from drowning in the crop they harvest. Disaster strikes in a small American farm town when teenager Cody Rose becomes the victim of a grain entrapment accident. It features illustrations that depict the post-apocalyptic world in which it is set. HOME »» Upcoming Movie Release Dates »» Silo. The science fiction novel Wool (opens in new tab)was originally self-published as an e-book in 2011 by author Hugh Howey. The Walking Dead star Avi Nash plays IT expert Lukas. Harriet Walter ( Rocketman, Killing Eve and Succession) and the rapper Common are also starring. Wool will also star comedian and actress Rashida Jones, who starred in The Social Network and Parks and Recreation. (Image credit: BBC) 'Wool' cast - who else is starring
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She appears in The Greatest Showman as Jenny Lind and has also starred in Doctor Sleep, Men in Black: International, The Girl on the Train and the TV miniseries The White Queen, playing Queen Elizabeth.ĭavid Oyelowo as architect Edward in BBC1 drama 'The Girl Before'. She also played Lady Jessica Atreides in the sci-fi movie Dune in 2021. Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson is perhaps best known for her role as Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible movies. She begins to investigate what drove the former sheriff Holston and his wife to volunteer to clean outside and soon finds herself assigned to the same fate… 'Wool' cast - Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Jules, played by Rebecca Ferguson is a determined, responsible and stubborn engineer who is recruited to be the sheriff of The Silo. However, all the cleaners will die minutes later as they succumb to the toxic gases outside.

There are strict rules that must be followed – the most important being not to talk or think about going outside.Īnyone who expresses a desire to do so is sent out to clean the external sensors that act as cameras to the outside world. What’s left of humanity lives in The Silo, a subterranean city 144 stories below the surface. Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth.
