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strategic communications

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Category of spacecraft.

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  • Blue Scout ERCS American strategic communications missile. USAF initial Emergency Rocket Communications System booster.
  • Minuteman ERCS American strategic communications missile.
  • Perimetr 15A11 Ukrainian strategic communications missile. Perimetr was developed for launch of a highly secret communications payload. This would be put in orbit or on a long high-altitude trajectory to provide back-up command and control of the strategic forces in the event of nuclear war.