Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000

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GLOSSARY
SOFT - Missile emplaced and launched from exposed launcher above ground (e.g., Gantry-type; er Test Pad).
SEMI-HARD - Missile emplaced in protective ground-level concrete housing prior to launch (see Coffin Type below).
HARD - Missile emplaced in protective concrete housing underground prior to launch (see Silo and Silo-Lift below).
SILO - Protective vertical tube-type housing from which missile is launched from its emplaced position (Minuteman and Titan II).
SILO-LIFT - Missile is stored in silo, but is elevated clear of the tube for above ground launching (Atlas F and Titan I).
COFFIN-TYPE - Completely enclosed horizontal storage from which missile is raised to exposed vertical launch position (Atlas D and E).
STRIPPED - All recoverable materiel sold and removed under civilian contract, or retained by USAF but transferred to other activities.
AAM
ABRES
BMDTTP
BMRS
COB
CTL
DASO
ICBM
ILCS
IRBM
IWST
LE
LF
MM
MOL
OSTF.
OT
Air-to-Air Missile
Advanced Ballistic Reentry System
Ballistic Missile Defense Test Target Program
Ballistic Missile Reentry System (AB~ES)
Conunand Data Buffer
Combat Training Launch (RAF/Thor)
Demonstration and Shakedown Operations
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Improved Launch Control System
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
Integrated Weapon System Training
Launch Emplacement
Launch Facility
Minuteman ICBM (I-II-III)
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Operational System Test Facility
Operational Test (Launch Programs)
PALC
PLC
RAF
R&D
RSLP
SAM
SLC
SOT
SLTF
SSAS
TP
WS-133A
WS-133B
WS-133AM
Wing I-VI
7
Point Arguello Launch Complex
Probe Launch Complex
Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)
Research and Development
Reentry Systems Launch Program
Surface-to-Air Missile
Space Launch Complex
Special Operational Test (Titan II)
Silo Launch Test Facility
Software Status Authentication System
Test Pad (Peacekeeper/MX Missile)
Minuteman I Weapon System (MM IA and IB missiles)
Minuteman II Weapon System (MM IIIG missiles only)
Modernized Minuteman Weapon System (MM IIF and IIIG missiles)
NUJ11erical identifiers for operational Minuteman wings:
I
341st SMW
II
44th SMW
III
91st SMW
IV= 351st SMW
V = 90th SMW
VI= 321st SMW
(lSTRAD/HO -
March 1983)