English: The LG-118A
Peacekeeper was a land-based
ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986. The Peacekeeper was a
MIRVed missile: each rocket could carry up to 10 re-entry vehicles, each with a
nuclear warhead with the explosive power of up to 300 kilotons (twenty-five times the power of the bomb dropped on
Hiroshima during World War II). It was designed to replace the
Minuteman III, being the first "third-generation" ICBM.
Peacekeeper schematic, showing re-entry vehicles in red
Peacekeeper MIRV bus
Peacekeeper MIRV bus
Peacekeeper MIRV bus
Inspecting Peacekeeper MIRVs
Installing Peacekeeper MIRVs
Peacekeeper in silo
Peacekeeper missile tube
Peacekeeper launching
Peacekeeper launching (cold launch)
Early stage in Peacekeeper launch
Peacekeeper reentry vehicle testing
Peacekeeper reentry vehicle testing
Peacekeeper reentry vehicle testing
Peacekeeper Inertial Measurement Unit
Peacekeeper simulated launch
Peacekeeper rail garrison car
