Intercontinental ballistic missile

An intercontinental ballistic missile (often abbreviated ICBM) is a weapons system that has played a role in several games across the Fallout series.

Background
An ICBM is a long-range ballistic missile. A typical single-warhead ICBM has a blast radius of several miles, and a fallout range of even further, depending on the explosive yield the warhead contains. ICBMs can be launched from missile silos or from mobile ground launch platforms or vehicles such as the missile carrier.

Fallout 3
In the Capital Wasteland, an ICBM launch terminal, launch codes, and facility can be found at Fort Constantine. The launch codes are for a Minuteman XI missile. The Delta IX rocket, while not originally designed and built as ICBMs, were converted to serve this purpose in 2034. One such example crashed just outside the Statesman Hotel in Washington, D.C. where it can still be found as of 2277.

In the Mothership Zeta add-on, an alien captive recorded log's subtitles state that the United States had 38 ICBMs on alert and ready to fire when instructed to do so by the White House.

Fallout: New Vegas


A remaining missile is located in the Ashton missile silo, that can be fired by the Courier to create the Courier's Mile. Nuclear warheads are also found throughout the Divide and can be detonated. The Courier can likewise choose to launch nuclear missiles at the New California Republic on the Long 15, at the Legion at Dry Wells, or both during the quest the Apocalypse.

Fallout 4
At the USAF's sentinel site located to the southwest of Boston, developmental work was underway on a project to integrate Mark 28 nuclear bombs with existing missiles at the facility. The employees working on the project reported problems with the transitional couplers not latching correctly.