 The Soviets could have then used the remaining warheads to strike other targets they chose.Faced with only a few Minuteman LCC targets, the Soviets could have concluded that the odds of being successful in a Minuteman LCC decapitation strike were higher with less risk than it would have been having to face the almost insurmountable task of successfully attacking and destroying 1000 Minuteman silos and 100 Minuteman LCCs to ensure Minuteman was disabled.This theory motivated SAC to design a survivable means to launch Minuteman, even if all the ground-based command and control sites were destroyed.