Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting (REACT)
REACT, jointly managed by SMC-Det 10 and ESC, is a class V modification to Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Control Centers (ICBM LCCs) to improve emergency war order supportability. The $650 million program upgraded LCCs with state-of-the-art electronic systems. REACT will speed up missile retargeting, taking only a few minutes to perform tasks that the previous Command Data Buffer System required thirty or forty minutes to perform. REACT consists of two major components-the weapon system control element and the higher authority communications/rapid message processing element. The WSCE controls all weapon system related functions. The HAC/RMPE integrates all higher authority communications, and passes instructions to the "WSCE side" for processing.
SMC-Det 10 provides the weapon system control element while ESC provides integration of Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS), AFSATCOM, Survivable Low Frequency Communication System (SLFCS) and ICBM Super-high Frequency Satellite Terminal (ISST) communications and enhanced processing of emergency action messages to meet AFSPACECOM and USSTRATCOM's warfighting needs.
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| Prime Contractor: | GTE Government Systems Corp. |
| Acquisition Phase: | Developmental, Production, Deployment |
| Point of Contact: | Maj McGee (617) 271-8137 |
References
- Targets of Opportunity. How nuclear planners found new targets for old weapons By Hans Kristensen Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists September/October 1997 Vol. 53, No. 5.
- Upgrades for Cold War Mainstays Air Force Magazine December 1995
- REACT Modifications Complete Guardian Magazine - September 1996.
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