Peacekeeper missile program

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The Peacekeeper missile program was a U.S. Air Force initiative to develop and deploy the LGM-118 Peacekeeper, an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile designed for multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) during the late Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force program ⓘ
military weapons development program ⓘ
alternativeName Peacekeeper missile program ⓘ
surface form: MX missile program
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deploymentMode silo-based ⓘ
designGoal hard-target kill capability ⓘ
high accuracy ⓘ
improved survivability against Soviet attack ⓘ
developmentAgency United States Air Force Ballistic Missile Office ⓘ
endDate 2005 ⓘ
era late Cold War ⓘ
focus MIRV capability ⓘ
intercontinental ballistic missile development ⓘ
fundingAgency Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
governingTreatyContext START II debates ⓘ
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ⓘ
guidanceContractor Rockwell International ⓘ
initialOperationalCapability 1986 ⓘ
laterStrategicCommand Air Force Global Strike Command ⓘ
Air Force Space Command ⓘ
maximumWarheadsPerMissile 10 ⓘ
missileDesignation LGM-118A ⓘ
missileManufacturer Martin Marietta ⓘ
missileType intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
numberOfDeployedMissilesPeak 50 ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
predecessorProgram Peacekeeper missile program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MX missile program
primaryBasingLocation Minot Air Force Base ⓘ
surface form: F.E. Warren Air Force Base
primaryBasingState Wyoming ⓘ
primaryWeapon Peacekeeper ICBM ⓘ
surface form: LGM-118 Peacekeeper
propulsionContractor Thiokol ⓘ
purpose enhance survivable second-strike capability ⓘ
modernize U.S. ICBM force ⓘ
strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ
reasonForTermination arms control agreements ⓘ
post–Cold War force reductions ⓘ
roleInNuclearTriad land-based ICBM leg ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
startDate 1970s ⓘ
status terminated ⓘ
strategicCommand Strategic Air Command ⓘ
successorSystem Minuteman III ⓘ
surface form: Minuteman III life-extension program
testLaunchSite Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
warheadReallocation W87 warheads transferred to Minuteman III ⓘ
warheadType multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morton Thiokol → workedOnProgram → Peacekeeper missile program ⓘ
Peacekeeper missile solid rocket motors → associatedWith → Peacekeeper missile program ⓘ
this entity surface form: M-X missile program
Peacekeeper missile program → predecessorProgram → Peacekeeper missile program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MX missile program
Peacekeeper missile program → alternativeName → Peacekeeper missile program ⓘ
this entity surface form: MX missile program