The 'nuclear sponge' theory is that ICBMs would destroy hundreds of warheads from an adversary like Russia before the country could launch them at the US. 'When I was on the Armed Services ...

Their locations across the American West were deliberately chosen in part because they were far from population centers on the coasts, creating a “nuclear sponge,” potentially sacrificing the ...

These land-based platforms are known as a "nuclear sponge." According to Joseph Cirincione, retired president of the ...