Heavy Rains Cause $38-Million Damage to Missile Interceptor Sites

The rains came. And by the time they finally stopped at Ft. Greely, Alaska, last summer, electronics components at seven interceptor missile silo underground vaults had suffered $38 million worth of water damage. The silos were being built for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, and...

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