LGM-30 Minuteman
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The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command. As of 2025, the LGM-30G is the only land-based ICBM in service in
Minuteman II
Minuteman I missile
Autonetics D-17 guidance computer from a Minuteman I missile.
The Polaris SLBM could ostensibly fill the role of the Minuteman, and was perceived as significantly less vulnerable to attack.
LGM-118 Peacekeeper
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The LGM-118 Peacekeeper, originally known as the MX for "Missile, Experimental", was a MIRV-capable intercontinental ballistic missile produced and deployed by the United States from 1986 to 2005. The
LGM-30 Minuteman
…time and increased survivability when under nuclear attack. Final changes to the system were performed to increase compatibility with the expected LGM-118A Peacekeeper. These newer missiles were later deployed into modified Minuteman silos. The Minuteman II program was the first mass-produced system to use a computer…
Test launch of a Peacekeeper ICBM by the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division (1 STRAD), Vandenberg AFB, CA (USAF)
Mk12A re-entry vehicles on a Peacekeeper MIRV bus. Each carries a 335 kt W78 warhead with about 20 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II.
Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
Time exposure shot of testing of the Peacekeeper re-entry vehicles at the Kwajalein Atoll, all eight fired from one missile.