The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) This category contains writeups about ICBM sustainment programs to include Minuteman III and ballistic missile replacement. ICBM systems (Peacekeeper and Minuteman III) provide both nuclear and non-nuclear strike options against fixed targets that are heavily defended or hardened. ICBMs with nuclear payloads are currently deployed in Missile Wings located throughout the CONUS. Non-nuclear ICBM payloads will be deployed at launch sites located on the Eastern Test Range (ETR) and the Western Test Range (WTR). High re-entry speeds and penetrating payloads deployed from ICBMs are effective against a broad range of heavily defended, high-value, and time critical targets (nuclear counterforce deterrence, buried command centers, and time-urgent targets that would be difficult to locate later). Historically high reliability of these systems will assure a capability to respond to sudden changes in the world environment, almost instantaneously.

• Related Initiatives
• Related Categories
• Road Map Placements
• Additional Hotlinks

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Ballistic Missile Replacement	Ballistic Missile Replacement (BMR)
ICBM FOT&E	Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E)
MM Guidance Replacement Prog	Minuteman Guidance Replacement Program (GRP)
MM III Sustainment/Deactivation	Minuteman (MM) III Sustainment/Deactivation
MM Propulsion Replacement Prog	Minuteman Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP)
PK Sustainment/Deactivation	Peacekeeper (PK) Sustainment/Deactivation

Related Categories (U): None.

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
FORCE APPLICATION	FORCE APPLICATION

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

(U) None.

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 21 November 1997

(U) Road Map Production Date: 18 June 2001