Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos? (scientificamerican.com)

The silos should have built closer to where the tests were performed in the Great Basin or at least west of the continental divide to try and contain more of the fallout instead of in the breadbasket of the continent if they had to be built.

I once saw a GBI test exercise; it looked like nothing so much as a "Missile Command" arcade screen, just in live action.