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Formal Peacekeeper Deactivation Ceremony

September 19, 2005 :: News

The gradual retirement of the American Peacekeeper ballistic missile, the most powerful land-based missile in our arsenal, came to an end with the formal ceremony today at Francis E. Warren Air Force base in Wyoming. The ceremony marks the conclusion of the missile’s deactivation. The Peacekeeper, which could carry up to ten independently targetable nuclear warheads, was designed and built in response to a considerable Soviet lead in offensive nuclear warheads, as a means to shore up the United States deterrent against a Soviet first strike attack. (Article)

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