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The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison is a mobile missile system that was developed by the United States Air Force during the 1980s as part of a plan to place fifty MGM-118A Peacekeeper [23] intercontinental ballistic missiles on the rail network of the United States.
The DF-5 had its first flight in 1971 and was in operational service 10 years later. One of the downsides of the missile was that it took between 30 and 60 minutes to fuel. The Dong Feng 31 (a.k.a. CSS-10) is a medium-range, three-stage, solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile, and is a land-based variant of the submarine-launched JL-2.
Ukraine's air force initially claimed an intercontinental ballistic missile (range greater than 5,500 km) was used, [24] and Ukrainian media initially reported it was an RS-26 Rubezh ICBM with range 5,800 km. The US and Russia confirmed it was intermediate-range (3,000–5,500 km), [24] but the Pentagon stated it was based on the RS-26 ICBM. [21]
Finally in 1986, the facility was converted to operate the Peacekeeper ICBM. The facility was deactivated in 2005 and turned over to Wyoming State Parks in December 2017. [2] The facility was opened to the public in August 2019 as the Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility State Historic Site after restoration work done by the United States Air Force ...
From a launch control center, the missile combat crew can monitor the complex, launch the missile, or relax in the living quarters (depending on the ICBM system). The LCC is designed to provide maximum protection for the missile combat crew and equipment vital to missile launch.
Later systems were buried underground, either with the missiles located nearby (i.e. Titan) or a distance away (Peacekeeper, Minuteman). In the underground environment, crews dealt with artificial lighting, recycled air, loud noises, and intimately close quarters (in Minuteman and Peacekeeper) with equipment racks.
LGM-118 Peacekeeper: US Boeing, Martin Marietta, TRW, 14,000 km 96,750 kg 10x 300 kt Inactive 1983 Yes Silo 120 m 32 Midgetman: US Martin Marietta: 11,000 km 13,600 kg 475 kt Inactive 1992 No Small ICBM Hard Mobile Launcher [5] 90 m 33 Trident II: United Kingdom and United States Lockheed Martin Space Systems: 11,300 km+ 58,500 kg
Train pulling the Garrison car, which would be painted to resemble a standard rail car. (Missile hidden inside) On December 19, 1986, the White House announced that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had given approval to a plan for the development of a railroad-based system for basing part of the planned LGM-118 Peacekeeper – originally referred to as MX for "Missile, Experimental ...