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Development of Missile-X (later Peacekeeper) begins |
 Peacekeeper missile, LGM-118.
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1979: President Carter made the decision to proceed with full scale engineering development of the Missile-X. The President augmented this decision on 7 September 1979 with the selection of a horizontal multiple protective shelter basing plan for the new missile. Full scale engineering development began one week later. Peacekeeper production began in February 1984.
Under plans prepared by Strategic Air Command, 50 Minuteman IIIs assigned to the 400th Strategic Missile Squadron, 90th Strategic Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, would be removed and replaced with Peacekeeper missiles, which had an estimated service life of twenty years. Peacekeeper deployment was scheduled to begin in January 1986 and initial operational capability was set for December of the same year.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of AmericaJul. 4, 2006
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor...
1974: The SALT agreement was further amendedJul. 3, 2006
The SALT agreement was further amended on 3 July 1974 to allow only a single ABM site which could either protect the nations capital or an ICBM site.
1969: The last Minuteman II missile was deployed replacing a Minuteman I that was retiredJul. 2, 2006
The last Minuteman II missile was deployed replacing a Minuteman I that was retired.
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