Improved Launch Control System
The Improved Launch Control System was a system used by the
History
The 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 retargetting. [1]
Phaseout
The 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 the Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting System.
Chronology
- 1979
See also
- LGM-30 Minuteman
- Launch control center (ICBM)
- Command Data Buffer - Minuteman III upgrade similar to the Improved Launch Control System
References
- ^ Department of the Air Force: "Strategic Air Command Weapon Systems Acquisition 1964-1979", 28 April 1980
- ^ FAS.org: Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting
- ^ Globalsecurity.org: "490th Missile Squadron"
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