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'''Command Data Buffer''' also known as ('''CDB''') was a system in useused by the [[United States Air Force]]'s [[LGM-30 Minuteman|Minuteman]] ICBM force. CDB was a method to transfer targeting information from a Minuteman [[Launch control center (ICBM)|Launch Control Center]] to an individual missile by communications lines. Prior to CDB, new missile guidance would have to be physically loaded at the [[Launch facility (ICBM)|launch facility]]; the process usually took hours.

==History==

The surviving remnant of the Minuteman Command Control System (MICCS), CDB permitted the rapid, remote, retargingretargeting of the Minuteman III fleet. CDB was operational at all Minuteman III wings by 15 Aug 1977. Minuteman II wings had a similar install, designated [[Improved Launch Control System]], providing the older system the potential for remote retargingretargeting.<REFref>Department of the Air Force: "Strategic Air Command Weapon Systems Acquisition 1964-1979", 28 April 1980</REFref>

[[File:Command Data Buffer configuration.png|thumb|right|CDB configuration]]

==Phaseout==

CDB was replaced in the late 1990s by the [[Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting System|Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting]] system, currently in use by [[United States]] ICBM forces.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/react.htm FAS.org: Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting]</ref>

==See also==

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* [[Launch control center (ICBM)]]

* [[Improved Launch Control System]] - Minuteman II upgrade similar to CDB

* [[Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting System]] (REACT)

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