Peacekeeper missile program

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United States Air Force program military weapons development program

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
MX missile program	2
M-X missile program	1
Peacekeeper missile program canonical	1

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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