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31ICBM — See intercontinental ballistic missile. Also, I.C.B.M. * * * in full intercontinental ballistic missile Land based, nuclear armed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,500 mi (5,600 km). Only the U.S., Russia, and China field land based… …
32Launch on warning — is a nuclear strategy which came about during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. With the invention of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), it became an integral part of the concept of mutually assured… …
33Counterforce — In nuclear strategy, a counterforce target is one that has a military value, such as a launch silo for intercontinental ballistic missiles, an airbase at which nuclear armed bombers are stationed, a homeport for ballistic missile submarines, or a …
34Artillery Guidance Bureau — / Missile Guidance Bureau Active 1999 Country  North Korea …
35Beale Air Force Base — Infobox Airport name = Beale Air Force Base nativename = Part of Air Combat Command (ACC) image width = 250 caption = USGS aerial photo as of 28 July 1999 image2 width = 150 caption2 = FAA airport diagram IATA = BAB ICAO = KBAB FAA = BAB type =… …
36Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle — For the band, see M.I.R.V.. The MIRV U.S. Peacekeeper missile, with the re entry vehicles highlighted in red …
37START II — START II, the St rategic A rms R eduction T reaty, which was signed by United States President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin on January 3, 1993 [http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/start2/] , banned the use of MIRVs on ICBMs… …
38Pentateuch — • The name of the first five books of the Old Testament. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pentateuch Pentatuch † …
39Mediaspree — The original Mediaspree logo, with its slogan, Anchor Site (of the) Future Mediaspree is one of the largest property investment projects in Berlin. It aims to establish telecommunication and media companies along a section of the banks of the… …
40R-36 (missile) — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=R 36; NATO Reporting name: SS 18 Satan caption=Senator Richard Lugar inspects an SS 18 ICBM being readied for decommission under the Nunn Lugar Program origin= Soviet Union type=Intercontinental ballistic… …
