banned for not studying your american history better
minuteman missile - named after the minutemen used during the American Revolutionary War plus technically they can be fired in less than a minute
peacekeeper missile - developed during the time the M.A.D. principle (Mutually Assured Destruction) was in full force, it was called a peacekeeper because it meant that the other guy was going to get it just as bad or worse then you were going to get it thus it "helped" keep the peace