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	LGM-118A Peacekeeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Peacekeeper was a MIRVed missile: each rocket could carry up to 10 re-entry vehicles armed with a 300-kiloton W87 warhead/MK-21 RVs (twenty-five times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II).
		The operational missile was first manufactured in February 1984 and deployed in December 1986 to the Strategic Air Command, 90th Strategic Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming into retro-fitted Minuteman silos.
		The missiles were gradually retired, with 17 withdrawn during 2003, leaving 29 missiles on alert at the beginning of 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MX_missile (875 words)

	Peackeeper Missile - Strategic Air Command - Nuclear Warhead
		Peacekeeper missile also called MX, U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that entered service in 1986.Under development from 1971, the MX (for "missile experimental") evolved into a 71-foot (22-metre) ICBM with a "bus," or fourth stage, located in its front end that carried 10 or 12 independently targetable thermonuclear warheads.
		The MX had a range of approximately 7,000 miles (11,000 km).In order to be able to evade attack by Soviet ICBMs, which lagged behind U.S. ICBMs in accuracy but were far more powerful, several types of bases for the MX were proposed.
		The entire missile is encased in a canister in the silo to protect it against damage and to permit "cold launch".
	www.strategic-air-command.com /missiles/Peacekeeper/Peacekeeper_Missile_Home_Page.htm (1150 words)

	MissileThreat :: Peacekeeper
		The program began as the MX system in the late 1970s, as a way to increase the US counterstrike capabilities against the Soviet Union, which was focusing on hardened shelters and a highly capable missile defense.
		It was the first US surface missile to use a cold-launch system, meaning it is ejected from the silo before the engine ignites, as the large size of the Peacekeeper prevents it from being launched out of Minuteman silos in the normal fashion.
		The missile is highly compact for its capabilities, with a length of 21.8 m, a width of 2.34 m and a launch weight of 87,750 kg.
	missilethreat.com /missiles/peacekeeper_usa.html (1231 words)

	The New York Review of Books: The Myth of Missile Accuracy
		Thus the Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile, first introduced in 1962 and carrying a nine megaton warhead, is now officially deemed to have a CEP of 1,400 yards, or an 11 percent probability of "killing" the silo with one shot, and a 21 percent probability with two.
		Missiles, as Fitzgerald's account suggests, do not exist in the orderly universe of the strategic theologians but in the actual world of contract mismanagement, faulty parts, slipshod maintenance, bureaucratic cover-up, and the accidents that have afflicted military equipment since the world's first bow string got wet in the rain.
		During the flight of the missile, from launch to target, it is under the influence of two principal external factors: the pull of gravity and the drag of the atmosphere.
	www.nybooks.com /articles/7229 (5137 words)

	The Case for the MX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Carter revealed that he had approved a plan for building 200 MX missiles on public land in Nevada and Utah in a horizontal racetrack basing mode, that is, in horizontal shelters surrounding separate circular runways, at a cost of $33 billion in FY 1980 dollars.
		MX will probably cost at least $50 billion before it is completed and will involve a complicated collection of machinery to make the rocket simultaneously concealable, movable, survivable, and detectable.
		If MX were considered as a total add-on to the defense budget over the next decade, that is, it does not take the place of any other program, it will add less than one-tenth of 1 percent to our projected inflation rate over this period and will increase defense-related employment by only 6 percent.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1980/jul-aug/korb.html (3904 words)

	MX Deployment: Inadequacies of the Air and Sea Based Options
		MX is a complex and expensive program, one with high visibility and a natural budget target, and opposition is already circling around the wagons.
		For a missile to fly the thousands of miles required of it with the precise ballistic trajectory for its warheads to hit their intended targets with high accuracy, it is necessary that the missile's inertial guidance system be properly calibrated for the missile's exact latitude and longitude coordinates at the time of launch.
		According to SUM proponents, the accuracy of the MX missiles would be heightened by the use of early- or mid-course data updates from ground beacons.44 However, ground beacons are subject to the same data trans mission problems that satellites have.
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/bg150.cfm (6494 words)

	Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: United States Retires MX Missile
		He assessed the MX as playing “a very small part” in ending the Cold War and said there were a great many factors that contributed to the conflict’s conclusion.
		The missileers who manned the launch control centers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year will be transferred to watching over earlier-generation Minuteman III missiles or reassigned to other Air Force space and missile missions.
		The MX, which stands for missile experimental, outlasted by nearly 15 years the superpower foe it was designed to hold at risk.
	www.armscontrol.org /act/2005_10/OCT-MX.asp (1079 words)

	Glossary [Los Alamos to MX Missile] \| atomicarchive.com
		Missile systems located on land in hardened bunkers and underground silos or on mobile launchers, which are more vulnerable to first-strike attacks.
		The mobile land-based missile systems are less vulnerable to first-strike because the positions of the missiles can be changed.
		A ballistic missile defense system that consists of several sets of weapons that operate at different phases in the trajectory of a ballistic missile.
	www.atomicarchive.com /Glossary/Glossary6.shtml (1432 words)

	The MX Missile Project
		Wall Gregerson stated he believed that the "silent majority" in the county were not opposed to MX, but "...most object to the possible change in their way of life." Gregerson went on to express the concerns of many: "It could be catastrophic if Russia attacks.
		The MX project had been proposed by Jimmy Carter, but after the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 its status was unclear.
		However, Reagan never fully embraced the MX project and favored his own Strategic Defense Initiative, which would be based in space not in the isolated valleys of Utah and Nevada.
	historytogo.utah.gov /utah_chapters/utah_today/themxmissileproject.html (628 words)

	Cape Canaveral Rocket and Missile Programs:
		The missile was 31 feet, 7 inches long by 2 feet, 6 inches wide and had a finspan of about 6 feet.
		However, flight dynamics were verified, and useable data was transmitted from the missile to the ground during the test.
		In the semi-ballistic approach, the missile would be launched in a ballistic pattern, but would glide toward its target using wings.
	www.spaceline.org /rocketsum/atlas-program.html (2501 words)

	Pentagon to Ask for Retirement of MX Missiles
		The missiles with their multiple warheads and ability to decimate Russian missile silos, were a signature program of President Ronald Reagan, whose administration fought acrimonious battles with Congressional Democrats over the size of the program and the basing of the missile, which it called the Peacekeeper, in the 1980's.
		In announcing the MX missile proposal today, the Pentagon offered almost no details about how quickly the weapons system would be dismantled, what would happen to the warheads and whether the administration was considering reductions in other nuclear weapons.
		The MX program was initially approved by the Carter administration as a counter to a new generation of heavy Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles.
	www.nci.org /01/06/28-nyt-retire_mx_missiles.htm (1066 words)

	The MX-Basing Mode Muddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The missile would have to be reasonably compact and light (e.g., of the general configuration of a Minuteman I or II) to allow travel at normal interstate speeds, avoid an overly obtrusive appearance, and permit compliance with interstate weight limits so as to avoid road surface damage.
		The MX missile and accompanying transport vehicle are simply too large and heavy to use public highways (the TEL, with an MX mounted on it, weighs almost one million pounds).
		Verification of MX deployment would clearly be possible through established procedures, and reactivating an ABM system constructed to comply with the restraints of the ABM Treaty and the 1974 protocol could hardly be viewed as abrogation of the letter or spirit of that agreement.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1980/jul-aug/snow.html (7402 words)

	MX Missile Retirement: Part of a Complex Shell Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		More than even the original "Star Wars” missile shield, America’s deployment of the MX missile was credited by many with accelerating the collapse of the Soviet Union, which acknowledged that it could not afford to stand toe-to-toe with the Pentagon’s technological superiority.
		As the MX is brought off line, the nation’s ICBM clout will fall to the arsenal of 500 Minuteman IIIs, currently the subject of an expensive rehabilitation program ($4.5-billion) to replace guidance and propulsion systems aboard the 1960s vintage missiles.
		When the Bush administration announced its desire to dismantle the missiles, the House exempted the 50 MX missiles from the prohibition, and the Senate eliminated the restriction altogether.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2002/2/15/184547.shtml (1003 words)

	Peacekeeper
		It was to become a four-stage missile, using some advanced technologies, like a "cold launch" capability, in which the missile would be ejected from the launch silo by a gas jet before igniting its first stage motor.
		Nevertheless, in April and May 1978, Martin Marietta was awarded the prime contract for the MX missile, and Thiokol, Aerojet, Hercules, and Rocketdyne received contracts for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stage engine, respectively.
		With the placement of dummy missiles in the unused shelters, the Soviet Union wouldn't know where the real missiles would be at any given time, and theoretically would have to attack every shelter to destroy every missile for sure.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/peaeeper.htm (1230 words)

	U.S. Air Force AIM Points: All it touched off was a debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was the biggest intercontinental ballistic missile the United States ever built - 71 feet long, 7 feet, 8 inches in diameter, 195,000 pounds, tipped with 10 nuclear warheads, each sufficiently powerful and accurate (at least in theory) to blast apart a concrete-hardened Soviet missile silo.
		The MX would still be the Soviets' prime target, and would still be vulnerable.
		By the time Reagan left office, the MX program was halted at 50 missiles, not enough to counter the Soviets' SS-18's.
	aimpoints.hq.af.mil /display.cfm?id=6619 (934 words)

	Missile Race between West and East
		January: NII-88 initiates studies of the R-3 missile with the range of 3,000 kilometers.
		R-36O FOBS missile is accepted into the armaments of the Soviet Army.
		Scheduled on the eve of the March 14 presidential elections, multiple missile firings from the sea, air and land were intended to add points to the incumbent president Vladimir Putin.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /chronology_missiles.html (2892 words)

	The MX Missile Test Program and Alternatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Most of the MX missiles the Air Force plans to buy are earmarked for the test program, which establishes and monitors system capability and reliability over the system life.
		Twelve MX missiles were authorized for fiscal year 1986, bringing the total number authorized thus far (including 20 research and development test missiles) to 74--enough to complete the deployment.
		Minuteman II missiles have been deployed for about 20 years, and although there are only 26 test missiles remaining, the Minuteman is likely to remain deployed through the end of this century.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=6182&sequence=0 (2195 words)

	Peacekeeper (MX) Missile Site Coordinates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Warren Air Force Base had 200 Minuteman missiles (initially Minuteman I, later Minuteman III), but 50 of them (flights P through T) were converted in the late 1980s to the only deployment of Peacekeeper (MX) missiles.
		This left Warren with a peak of 150 Minuteman III missiles and 50 Peacekeeper missiles but as of mid-September 2005, the Peacekeeper is retired.
		Peacekeeper (sometimes called Missile X, thus MX, early on) is a strange name to some for one of the most powerful weapons of mass destruction.
	w3.uwyo.edu /~jimkirk/mx.html (2211 words)

	LGM-118A [MX] Peacekeeper ICBM United States Nuclear Forces
		Progress toward the new missile was made on 4 April 1972 when Headquarters Air Force assigned the designation "Missile-X" (M-X) to the advanced ICBM and made the Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO) responsible for developing it.
		President Reagan, desiring more rapid deployment of the new missile, canceled the horizontal shelter plan on 2 October 1981 and advocated the deployment of a limited number of M-X missiles in superhardened Titan II or Minuteman silos.
		Strategic Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, were be removed and replaced with Peacekeeper missiles, which had an estimated service life of twenty years.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-118.htm (2232 words)

	LGM-118A [MX] Peacekeeper ICBM United States Nuclear Forces
		As a result, on 19 September 2005 the Air Force pulled the final Peacekeeper missile from alert status.
		Peacekeeper deactivation was to occur over a 36-month period beginning in FY03 with missiles remaining on alert and fully mission capable throughout the deactivation period.
		The Defense Department analyzed the role of the Peacekeeper against projected threats in the post-Cold War environment and judged that its retirement would not have an adverse effect on the sufficiency of US nuclear forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/lgm-118.htm (1074 words)

	MX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maxwell (unit), the cgs unit for magnetic flux
		Mx (an ambiguous gender title) See intersex, androgyne or genderqueer
		Macromedia Studio MX, an edition of the Macromedia Studio desktop publishing software suite made by Macromedia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MX (130 words)

	Radio Address to the Nation on the MX Missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The MX Peacekeeper missile has been part of the consensus and with good reason: Time and again, America exercised unilateral restraint, good will, and a sincere commitment to arms reductions.
		As a result, many of the missiles protecting our security at this very moment are older than the Air Force men and women taking care of them.
		Since that time, the MX Peacekeeper has finished seven successful flight tests, and the Soviets are back at the bargaining table.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1985/30985a.htm (779 words)

	MX Coordination Office's MX Missle News Articles, 1877-1981
		Articles range from the complex and technical aspects of missiles, national defense, and effect on local communities, to those that express public opinion on these same topics.
		Technical issues surrounding the MX missile itself and possible consequences of deploying it—a theme of many of the articles—are discussed in greater depth in the DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND TECHNICAL REPORTS, series #4254, and the MX DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT EVALUATION RECORDS, series #4251.
		CUSTODY HISTORY: After the Utah MX Coordination Office was closed in 1981, its records were used as a reference resource by the Office of Planning and Budget.
	historyresearch.utah.gov /inventories/4249.html (358 words)

	Statement by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on the MX Missile Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The report strongly emphasizes the need for continued congressional funding of the MX/Peacekeeper missile, especially the 21 missiles from the FY 85 Defense Department request to be considered by Congress later this month.
		Congress already approved funding for production of 21 missiles in FY 84, and these missiles are in production, at this time, in preparation for deployment at F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming beginning in 1986.
		The full complement of 100 missiles is scheduled to be operational by December 1989.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1985/30485b.htm (588 words)

	Dumitru Duduman and the Peacekeeper MX Missile
		With a fully operational squadron of 50 missiles, the Peacekeeper is a four-staged ICBM capable of delivering 10 independently targeted warheads from ground based cold launch into space at 15,000 miles per hour over a distance greater than 6,000 miles.
		Ironically, the NMD is admittedly limited in its protective effectiveness, e.g., remember that the Patriot missiles deployed in Israel met with only limited success during the Persian Gulf War, and, as of mid-July 2001, American anti-missile tests have achieved only two out of four successes of the missile intercept system.
		Just as the Peacekeeper missile represented the concept of nuclear deterrence during the Cold War, its demise represents the soon Judgment of a nation, which is awash in the pleasures of sin.
	www.whatsaiththescripture.com /Fellowship/Edit_Duduman.Peacekeeper.html (3670 words)

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