Center for Year 2000 Strategic Stability

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The Center for Year 2000 Strategic Stability was a joint operation of the United States and Russian Federation designed to provide mutual assurance that neither nation was launching a nuclear first strike against the other during the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000. The program arose out of concerns the Year 2000 problem might generate false positives in each nation's nuclear attack Early warning systems.{{cite news|last1=Brewin|first1=Bob|title=U.S./Russian Y2K center to avoid nuclear exchange|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/04/ameruss.y2k.idg/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113092549/http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/04/ameruss.y2k.idg/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2017|accessdate=January 11, 2017|publisher=CNN|date=March 4, 1999}}{{cite news|title=US detects Russian missiles|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/586486.stm|accessdate=January 11, 2017|publisher=BBC News|date=December 31, 1999}}

The center came online December 30, 1999 and was closed January 15, 2000. It operated from Peterson Air Force Base.{{cite news|title=U.S., Russia Shutter Joint Y2k Bug Center|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/01/16/us-russia-shutter-joint-y2k-bug-center/|access-date=January 28, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 16, 2000}}