car. the huge door that sits atop a minuteman is thrown horizontally off the silo by explosive charges during the launch. the theory is that the cover is blown aside so rapidly that a vehicle parked on top of it with the brakes off will be left basically hanging in thin air like yanking a tablecloth out from under dishes, and then the vehicle will drop straight down in the hopes of keeping the launching missile from going anywhere. the ap concludes, this procedure has never been tested, the spokesman added. yeah, you think? that was their plan. that's the procedure they invented on the spot. malfunctioning nuclear armed missile that is starting to launch itself, that would include the blast door shooting off sideways with the armored car sitting on top of it with its brakes off and like a tablecloth being ripped off a table, it would hover there for a second and then fall on to the