Missile Warning Center (MWC)

The Missile Warning Center (MWC) is a Joint operations center under U.S. Space Forces - Space (S4S) – Combined Joint Force Space Component (CJFSC) with a 24/7 mission of delivering global strategic and theater missile warning and nuclear detonation detection on behalf of U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) in support of national leadership, Combatant Commanders, Geographic Commanders, and allies. The unit performs its mission by incorporating data from both space-based and terrestrial sensors in a world-wide missile warning network, performing threat validation, and delivering accurate and timely attack information. MWC operators also perform domestic launch oversight, ensuring any errant launch is validated and reported to the appropriate authorities.

The MWC is responsible for weapons system change control, operational testing oversight, sustainment advocacy, and evolving threat development for the $1.8B Integrated Threat Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) network and integration of non-traditional sensor data into the next-generation of missile warning tracking systems.

The MWC operates a 24/7 operations center manned by Joint service military and civilian personnel from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and our Canadian partners. The unit is located at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with alternate CONUS locations maintained for continuity of operations.