The Galosh did not have to be accurate the enormous fireball created by such a huge nuclear weapon would incinerate incoming warheads.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Moscow��s Overlooked Missile Defenses

The Galosh did not have to be accurate -- the enormous fireball created by such a huge nuclear weapon would incinerate incoming warheads.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

It began in 1968 when 64 Galosh ABM interceptors, each armed with a nuclear weapon comparable to a million tons of TNT, were deployed at four sites some 50 miles north and west of Moscow.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy