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To: in hoc signo vinces

The Peacekeepers (MX) are out of service. The last one was retired this year but all 50 are being stored indefinitely. They used to be armed with 10 W-87 Warheads with a yield of 300 kilotons per warhead. The 500 W-87 warheads will now arm our 500 Minuteman III ICBM's with one warhead per missile. The W-87 can be upgraded to 475 kliotons by putting an uranium tamper on the second stage.


49 posted on 11/02/2005 1:48:30 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (http://www.navyfield.com)
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