| 词条 | Improved Launch Control System |
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The Improved Launch Control System was a system used by the United States Air Force's Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile force. The system was a method to transfer targeting information from a Minuteman launch control center to an individual missile by communications lines. Prior to the Improved Launch Control System, new missile guidance had to be loaded at the launch facility; the process usually took hours. HistoryThe Improved Launch Control System was operational at most Minuteman II wings (except the 44th Missile Wing, which was never upgraded) by the late 1970s. Minuteman III wings had a similar install, designated Command Data Buffer, providing the newer system the potential for remote retarging.[1] PhaseoutThe system was phased out in mid-1990s by the retirement of the Minuteman II force, and the inactivation or reapportioning of units to Minuteman III.[2] It was replaced by REACT. Chronology
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References1. ^Department of the Air Force: "Strategic Air Command Weapon Systems Acquisition 1964-1979", 28 April 1980 {{USAF-stub}}{{US-mil-hist-stub}}{{nuclear-weapon-stub}}2. ^FAS.org: Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting 3. ^Globalsecurity.org: "490th Missile Squadron" 7 : United States nuclear command and control|Cold War weapons of the United States|Nuclear weapons of the United States|Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1979|1979 in military history|1979 in science|1979 establishments in the United States |
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