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Run-up to the cold war? that civil defense program was arrangely abandoned because the thinking at the time was any attack from the soviets would lead to all-out war and telling people to duck and cover would be pretty futile which is why the military tested a ground based interceptor at vandenberg air force base, north of los angeles back in may. and according to the missile defense agency, that test successfully took out a mock icbm. it's the intercontinental ballistic missile, of course, korea has fired that they say will gov about 3,000 miles. the u.s. has another 32 ground based intercept...

Admiral syring. shannon, one day this might not be a test but real thing. shannon. >> shannon: very true. better to get it ironed out now. do we know if the system is going to be expanded? >> yeah, it is. there are currently 36 of these interceptor missiles in the united states. four of them here ativan denberg air force base in california. 32 in alaska. we were given exclusive access to the missile fields there and the silos 70 feet deep silos in which the 54-foot long missiles are kept. there will be eight more across the nation. four more of those up at fort grealey by the end of this year....