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The Reagan Administration's Plan to Make Mobile Missiles Mobile
The Reagan administration inherited a plan from the Carter administration to deploy mobile missiles in the western United States, which faced strong opposition from local ranchers due to concerns about land consumption, water usage, and disruption. Despite the analytical evidence supporting mobile deployment, the administration prioritized political considerations over strategic advantages to maintain support from their conservative base. This led to the decision of placing the MX system, intended to be mobile, into silos instead.