The new book includes maps and directions to the 450 active missile sites, plus a new section about the 1990s draw down of U.S. missiles and other fresh material.

More than 1,000 Minuteman missiles were installed in shallow launch silos buried throughout the Mountain West and Midwest -- including Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, and all the way ...

About 500 of the 1,500 sites were located in South Dakota. It was a location that was safe from Soviet submarine-launched missiles and not in major populated areas, such as the east and west coasts.

1st Lt. Pamela Blanco-Coca, 319th Missile Squadron missile combat crew commander, and her deputy commander, 2nd Lt. John Anderson, simulate key turns of the Minuteman III Weapon System Feb. 9 ...

Officially released photos show special weapons system mechanics conducting maintenance on nuclear-capable Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) boosters. This comes after the U ...

Minuteman, the Missile that Blows Smoke Rings That distinctive puff is 55 years old today. Roger Mola. February 1, 2016. Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter!