Ion cannon control center

"Ion Cannon control mode active. Ion Cannon controls online. Positioning over Eastern Seaboard. Fire when ready."

- EVA

The Ion Cannon Control Center is GDI's superweapon structure in Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath.

Background
By the time of the Third Tiberium War, GDI's ion cannons were more lethal and accurate than ever. The ion cannon control center allowed GDI commanders to call down an ion cannon strike from one of GDI's orbital battle stations, which could vaporize virtually everything within a large radius.

Unlike nuclear weapons, which GDI had vowed to never use, ion cannons were far more precise, and do not cause environmental harm.

However, the ion cannons depended on the Goddard Space Center, and the entire ion cannon network went offline after the facility was destroyed by a Nod attack. It wasn't until the attack on Temple Prime that repairs were complete and the ion cannons were brought back online.

Role in Global Conquest
In Global Conquest, the ion cannon control uplink is a strategic structure that allows access to the ion cannon.