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With launch vehicles such as the Dnepr and Start-1 delivering payloads to LEO via a silo launch on a regular basis, it would appear that the concept of using this method for converted ICBM launch vehicles.<br /><br />However, what are the pros and cons of using this on a larger scale?<br /><br />It appears to me that it would be easier to verticaly integrate the stages in a silo than on an above ground complex.<br /><br />But are there any issues like increased vibration and back pressure because of the use of larger engines on bigger launch vehicles? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>