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A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), or medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs). Similar facilities can be used for anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs).

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LF; launch facility; missile silo; nuclear silo; silo; underground missile silo
launch pad, military installation, subterranea, fortification, 

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subterranea, 

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Minuteman silo above ground in South Dakota

GMD interceptor missile being loaded into silo ift13b-1

Inside the underground R-12U launching silo in Plokstine missile base, Lithuania

LF-D-09-44th Missile Wing

Peacekeeper in silo 1987

Complesso Titan 1

Peacekeeper is ejected from silo

SS-24 silo destruction

Dnepr inside silo

Peacekeeper missile

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Minuteman silo above ground in South Dakota		Commons
commons	image		GMD interceptor missile being loaded into silo ift13b-1		Commons
commons	image		Inside the underground R-12U launching silo in Plokstine missile base, Lithuania		Commons
commons	image		LF-D-09-44th Missile Wing		Commons
commons	image		Peacekeeper in silo 1987		Commons
commons	image		Complesso Titan 1		Commons
commons	image		Peacekeeper is ejected from silo		Commons
commons	image		SS-24 silo destruction		Commons
commons	image		Dnepr inside silo		Commons
commons	image		Peacekeeper missile		Commons