Railroad missile garrison system

Claim 1

An improved railroad missile garrison system, that launches ICBMs from rail cars operated over an expansive geographic region, on a rail network that also carries nonmilitary trains; the missile garrison system comprising: at least one railroad missile launch car for transporting and launching said ICBM's, from remote locations; at least one locomotive having a geographic position, coupled with said at least one railroad missile launch car for providing motive force necessary for travel about the rail network; means on-board said locomotive, for generating locomotive position signals in response to the geographic position of said locomotive; a communication system, on-board said locomotive, for communicating said locomotive position signal to various users about the rail network; said communication system further receiving track information signals, from sources off-board the locomotive, relating to a status of tracks in the rail network; and means for automatically causing said locomotive to stop, in response to a predetermined track information signal; means for automatically causing the locomotive to change throttle position, in response to a second predetermined track information signal, WHEREBY, the missile launch car, with ICBM thereon, can be automatically stopped and accelerated at remote locations about the rail network so that collisions can be avoided, derailments reduced and threats from sabotage, vandalism and terrorism minimized.