2001-07-29 04:00:00 PDT Cheyenne, Wyo.-- The small concrete slab on Ed Weppner's ranch is surrounded by a barbed wire fence bearing a sign warning that deadly force will be used against intruders ...

It was Sept. 19, 2005, and the last MX Peacekeeper ballistic missile was being hoisted out of its underground vault in southeast Wyoming. Two hundred forty-two days into President George W. Bush ...

CHEYENNE - The final Peacekeeper nuclear missile, credited by some with helping with the demise of the Soviet Union and winning the Cold War, was officially deactivated Monday. F.E. Warren Air ...

To Air Force Lt. Paul Copeland, the MX missile means awesome power and simple decisions. Once a day, 365 days a year, the 23-year-old Carbondale, Ill., native and 39 other young Air Force officers … ...

First, the Peacekeeper was not designed to be used primarily against Soviet missile silos, although the missile would be quite effective in destroying these assets in retaliation after a pre ...