On Thursday, Lieutenant Colonel Suzanne Lamar will assume command of a group modernizing the testing and evaluation ...

Despite being over 50 years old, the Minuteman III remains critical due to delays in its replacement—the LGM-35A Sentinel. Originally expected to phase in by the 2030s, Sentinel faces cost overruns ...

In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in pairs, waiting for a message they hope never arrives: An order from the ...

The U.S. military has successfully test-fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is ...

A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle on ...

The U.S. Air Force testing group responsible for evaluating ground-based nuclear weapon systems launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California early Wednesday. A Minuteman III ...

The test launch is part of routine activities to show the United States' nuclear deterrent remains effective in deterring ...

The US initiated the missile test just hours after Russia deployed an intercontinental ballistic missile launcher.

The Air Force must continue maintaining Minuteman III nuclear missiles longer than expected, with the Sentinel successor ...

A Minuteman III missile, equipped with a mock warhead, loudly popped out of its underground silo at Vandenberg Space Force ...

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