While it is accepted by the general taxpaying public that ICBM silos are sometimes a military necessity in certain areas of the United States, it would be quite a leap for neighbors to equally accept a commercial satellite launch facility in their back yard.
If the Titan that previously inhabited the silo was launched and then blew up, they'd figure WW3 was kicking off anyway but if a MorrowSpace missile blew up there'd be a lot of legal entanglements, public hearings, things that would make it difficult to continue that capability...and could potentially bring the media spotlight upon the Project.
And the whole point of the hidden silo(s) in Lake Huron would be to keep Project space launch assets hidden in the first place...what is hidden is not subject to meddlesome government oversight, or public (read:media) scrutiny.
ESPECIALLY if there may be a plan to use it to launch a nuclear warhead recovered from a wrecked military installation.
No, if the pre-war Project did decide to involve themselves in the space-launch industry they'd probably partner with someone else to share the expensive burden and limit themselves to comsats with dedicated Project channels (helping to assure overall Project security).
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