Published on August 26, 2017
The Shell Game was a proposed MX missile deployment mode. Each of the 200 missiles would have its own oval “racetrack,” ten to 15 miles long. Along every track would be 23 underground shelters. A monstrous, 180-ft.-long TEL (transporter-erector-launcher) would move the MX from one shelter to another. Alternatively, the TEL might leave the MX missile in place for a while and carry a dummy MX to another shelter or around the course. Soviet spy satellites could never be sure exactly where the missile was and thus would have to knock out all 23 shelters on each of the 200 tracks.
