{"id":976,"date":"2019-12-05T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=976"},"modified":"2019-12-24T16:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T23:33:56","slug":"general-dynamics-bgm-109g","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/general-dynamics-bgm-109g\/","title":{"rendered":"General Dynamics BGM-109G"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>General Dynamics\/McDonnell-Douglas BGM-109G Gryphon<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/General-Dynamics-BGM-109G.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/General-Dynamics-BGM-109G.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the General Dynamics\/McDonnell-Douglas BGM-109G Gryphon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The cruise missile has become one of the preferred weapons of the United States military over the last 20 years.\u00a0 The Gryphon is a mobile Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) designed to serve as a tactical nuclear weapon in Europe.\u00a0 It is virtually identical to the non-nuclear Tomahawk cruise missiles used by the United States in several Middle East conflicts.\u00a0 Beginning in 1983 BGM-109Gs were stationed in England, Belgium, Germany and Italy.\u00a0 They were wildly unpopular with the populations of these countries and large protests were held in all four nations.\u00a0 In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty which called for the elimination of the Gryphon and similarly ranged Soviet missiles.\u00a0 This treaty marked the first ever reduction in nuclear forces.\u00a0 The last of them were deactivated in 1991 and all but a handful that were saved for museums were destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>8 ft 7 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>18 ft 2 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>1 ft 9 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Diameter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>2,650 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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