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The BGM-109G "Gryphon" ground-launched cruise missiles were all destroyed (except a few for museums) as part of the INF treaty. The warheads were put into storage.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/04/12/c...

The system used large off-road capable trucks and would drive to one of several pre-surveyed locations in preparation for launch.

Source: The 38th Tactical Missile Wing was at Wueschheim Air Station, just down the road from where I was stationed at Hahn. Also, a friend was a surveyor for the Army, who scouted locations for the Pershing II IRBM in the pre-GPS world.



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