Final MX Missiles to Be Deactivated by September

The United States plans to dismantle the last of its active MX intercontinental ballistic missiles by September, Inside the Air Force reported Friday (see GSN, Dec. 8, 2004).

Under the terms of an arms control agreement with Moscow, each country must reduce its deployed strategic nuclear warheads by nearly two-thirds by the end of 2012, according to Inside the Air Force.

“Our first big installment in the ICBM business, in terms of helping the overall strategic force get down to those levels, is deactivation of the Peacekeeper missiles,” said Maj. Gen. Frank Klotz (Inside the Air Force, May 27).

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