The Improved Launch Control System (ILCS) was a system used by the United States Air Force's Minuteman II ICBM force. ILCS was a method to transfer targeting information from a Minuteman Launch Control Center to an individual missile by communications lines. Prior to ILCS, new missile guidance would have to be physically loaded at the launch facility; the process usually took hours.
History
ILCS was operational at most Minuteman II wings by . Minuteman III wings had a similar install, designated Command Data Buffer, providing the newer system the potential for remote retarging.[1]
Phaseout
ILCS 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]
Chronology
- 1979
See also
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- LGM-30 Minuteman
- Launch control center (ICBM)
- Command Data Buffer - Minuteman III upgrade similar to ILCS
- Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting System (REACT)
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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