Montana Missile Silo: 200 Squirrels Breach US Nuclear Base Perimeter
Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base, home to 150 nuclear missiles, faced a surreal alert as 200 squirrels stormed the perimeter—trending search queries ask, “How do animals infiltrate US military bases?” and “What happens if wildlife triggers a nuclear alert?” Security staff found wiring chewed and sensors scrambled, prompting one officer to quip, “I never trained for rodent warfare.”
While NORAD braced for threats from the sky, ground forces scrambled to confront a synchronized rodent blitz—the latest in a string of “animal breaches” at high-security installations. Google users keep asking, “Could squirrels really cause a missile launch?” and “Have there been similar animal incidents at military bases?” The base briefly resembled a furry, four-legged parade ground invasion, with one technician reportedly muttering, “At least they weren’t raccoons with thumbs.”
Despite their tiny size, the invading squirrels triggered two lockdowns, chewed through 400 feet of fiber-optic cable, and left the world’s most secure arsenal briefly at the mercy of a peanut-powered insurgency.
