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Nuclear Treaty Would Cause Mushroom Cloud on Business in Towns Where Silos Reside


Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

The towns that have become reliant, or overly-reliant upon military presences around them, remind me of the Irish potato famine in the 19th century, where the monoculture failed, along with the dreams and aspirations of the Irish, who were forced to leave the country in order to survive.

With that as a backdrop, now that there's a real possibility there will be a nuclear treaty with Russia to reduce the number of missiles in each nation, those cities in America relying upon the military for their main business could be devastated once the missiles are dismantled and be in danger of becoming ghost towns in the aftermath.

Cities in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming are the states which would be primarily impacted by the actions, and in some cases it accounts for almost half of the economies of the region, and more than likely if your trace out the overall impact from secondary businesses, it could be far greater than that.

There have been intense lobbying efforts from representatives of the region over the last year, with many advocating keeping the ICMB silos at full strength, and if that isn't done, they of course are battling it out to be the city that keeps their particular missile silos in place.

Although the cities have spent a lot of money lobbying, they would do better to think in terms of, and follow the example of Grand Forks, North Dakota, which has already went through the process of losing silos to other another area.

While losing business and population at the beginning, their strategy was the right one, where they worked on diversifying their economy so it wasn't subject to the equivalent of counting on a monoculture crop like Ireland was.

Cities and counties which have become complacent and over-reliant on a military presence, will find themselves struggling to survive economically, as there is no way, after watching the changing landscape of military strategy in the U.S. concerning where they conduct business over the years, to be able to survive over the long term with the ever-changing decisions of the military brass and their civilian counterparts.

What they should do is work on diversifying their economies, not waste money, time and effort to fight to keep an industry that has always been fickle at best.



Article by Gary B

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Tags: diverse business , missile silos , monoculture , nuclear treaty