Tanks on Shadow Moses?

[A.G.]

I just though of this and it really makes no sense. Shadow Moses Island is 1. a Nuclear Warhead Storage Facility, and 2. a base for the development of Metal Gear REX.

So why in the blue hell is there a tank hanger? I mean, why would you have tanks there, especially given how manuvrable they would be in such tight spaces. Between REX and the stored nukes, that's no place for tanks. It just doesn't make sense to me.

[VulpX]

Hey, the island is a little bigger than just the complex we played through in the game.

And you know americans. When it comes to protecting property... Those tanks were there for defense, just like on any other army base.

[ipoder]

Maybe the tanks were there when FOXHOUND took it over?

[SOLIDEST]

You know AG, the more you age the more flaws you find in the game you and all of us love . There is a thin line between reality and fiction as they say.

[The Mad Jackyl]

Well it was a military base, right? It wasn't just a development lab for Metal Gear; I guess they had to give it some semblance of looking like a military base. There were many such bases back during the Cold War up in that area (e.g. Galena AFB) that acted as a jumping-off spot in case we had to do something drastic in Russia and mobilize some serious military that way.

[Liquiduz]

Why was there a tank on Shadow Moses? Cause a boss battle against a tank sounded like a great idea to Hideo.