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The development of Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology as an outgrowth of the World War II V-2 rocket technology developed by Germany, and the mating of Nuclear weapon technology developed by the United States created an entire new method of warfare. Due to their great range and firepower, in an all-out nuclear war, land-based ICBMs would carry most of the destructive force, with long-range, nuclear-armed bombers and Submarine-launched ballistic missiles having the remainder. These three components were collectivity referred to as the United States Nuclear triad.

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  • List of USAF Strategic Missile Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command
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  • The development of Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology as an outgrowth of the World War II V-2 rocket technology developed by Germany, and the mating of Nuclear weapon technology developed by the United States created an entire new method of warfare. Due to their great range and firepower, in an all-out nuclear war, land-based ICBMs would carry most of the destructive force, with long-range, nuclear-armed bombers and Submarine-launched ballistic missiles having the remainder. These three components were collectivity referred to as the United States Nuclear triad.
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  • The development of Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology as an outgrowth of the World War II V-2 rocket technology developed by Germany, and the mating of Nuclear weapon technology developed by the United States created an entire new method of warfare. Due to their great range and firepower, in an all-out nuclear war, land-based ICBMs would carry most of the destructive force, with long-range, nuclear-armed bombers and Submarine-launched ballistic missiles having the remainder. These three components were collectivity referred to as the United States Nuclear triad. The United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) was the United States military command and control organization for two of the components of the triad during the Cold War, ICBMs and nuclear-armed bombers. Over a million men and women served in SAC, its forces on alert 24 hours a day, every day, with a mission to preserve the peace and deter any aggressor nation from attacking the United States and its allies. This is a list of the three generations of ICBMs produced and operationally deployed by the United States during the Cold War, with a fourth generation ICBM being deployed in small numbers at the generally agreed end of the Cold War in 1991. Note: The PGM-17 Thor and PGM-19 Jupiter Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM), or the SM-62 Snark intercontinental cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the 1950s are not included on this list.
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