This accessibility issue could have cascading effects on the larger ICBM deterrence mission, potentially limiting the reliability of some missiles by delaying scheduled maintenance or deliveries.
At Minot Air Force Base, warming temperatures may accelerate flooding that could impact the accessibility of the base’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos and facilities.SSBN fleet, climate change effects there could have serious repercussions for the broader deterrence mission of the submarine leg of the nuclear triad. Because Kings Bay is one of two bases equipped to support the U.S. Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is vulnerable to rising sea levels and flooding that could significantly affect its capacity to service U.S.The paper highlights the following key findings: Gaining greater clarity about these vulnerabilities now is essential to mitigating the worst effects of climate change on nuclear weapons in the future. It also aims to inform and help initiate a larger conversation about the vulnerabilities of all nuclear weapons programs to climate change. In doing so, the paper helps to advance broader, ongoing efforts to account for climate change in U.S. nuclear triad in different and increasingly serious ways. This paper examines the range of climate change challenges and threats that could detrimentally affect each leg of the U.S.
Climate change could have mission-altering impacts on the U.S.
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