[Milsurplus] Old CPUs - Now strategic war

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 30 21:20:06 EST 2010


Dick wrote:

>I believe it was the deployment of the Peacekeeper Missile System that caused
>the end of the Cold War. An extremely accurate Re-Entry Vehicle, that had
>First-Strike capability was impossible to defend against.

The now completely decommissioned Peacekeeper missile (LGM-118A) was only a
minor footnote in the Cold War.

My money still goes to the submarine missiles as decisive.  As for landbased
missiles, only the 1966 Minuteman III (LGM-30) has remained in service.

Mike / KK5F


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