From: trident5955@gmail.com   
      
   Hello, (the topic is for everyone, but especially for Mark  L. Fergerson, if   
   he is at liberty to answer the question :) )   
      
   The question is  as in the topic but it, also refers to more general issues.   
   As we know Russia/USSR deployed land mobile ICBM's. Appparently some of them   
   are on patrol  at any given time ( there is controversy here, some say START   
   actually forbids    
   deployment outside bases/maintenance facilities, others disagree). The US   
   however abstained from such a move.   
      
   My question is: why is this so. Among the problems cited  are huge land   
   requirements and necessity for using southern territories because of the risk   
   of the snow, which  is seen as an obstacle to continuous deployment.   
      
   But, none of these issue seem to be the problem for Russia, which has 10 large   
   deployment zones  of up to 1 milion squate kilometers  (actual deployment   
   areas are said  to be 10 times smaller but it it still  half a milion square   
   kilometers in total).    
   More Importantly   some deployment areas are located far to the north   
   (Teykovo, Yury'a) where snow is  quite often.   
   There are are even videos of TELs  following snow plow tractors.   
      
   So which is that: Is the snow a problem for ICBM's deployment or no. If so,   
   why it is cited as a counter argument ( for example here on page 43 /74 of the   
   pdf: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1210.html ). Similarly,  is there   
   really land use a    
   problem for US if it is not appparently, for Russia?   
      
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   trident   
      
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