Deactivated Peacekeeper ICBM Launch Facility (Q-6)

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The former LF for a LGM-118A Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Nicknamed "Military Xenophobia" by its crews, Q-6 was manned by elements of the 400th Strategic Missile Squadron, 90th Space Wing, based at F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was one of 50 missiles deactivated between 2003 and 2005, in-line with the Peacekeeper's retirement. All of the former Peacekeeper
LFs were not implode but are on caretaker status awaiting fitting for Minuteman III missiles.
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Coordinates:   41°25'18"N   105°0'56"W
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