The Minuteman was a solid-fueled missile, so it could sit stagnant and unmanned for months at a time without any maintenance and could be launched within 30 seconds should the command be given.

The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site has implemented a reservation system for tours of its missile silo and launch control center. Previously, tours were operated on a first-come, first ...

Wall, S.D. – During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President John F. Kennedy referred to it as his "ace in the hole." With a turn of the key, the Minuteman missile became one of the most ...

A new historic site is in the works for vacationers driving along Interstate Highway 90 in western South Dakota, near Badlands National Park and Wall, S.D. On Nov. 29, Minuteman Missile National ...

INTERIOR, S.D. - The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is building a new visitor centre. The new 7,300-square-foot centre will house displays, a theatre, retail space and the park's ...

INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is building a new visitor center. The new 7,300-square-foot center will house displays, a theater, retail space and the park's ...

WALL, S.D. -- It took three decades of nuclear tension and the ultimate cooperation between global superpowers to get the Minuteman II missiles out of the silos here. Yesterday, crews began to put ...

Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., has introduced a bill that would authorize a federal land transfer, helping pave the way for a new visitor center for the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site east of ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.D. -- Oscar-Zero, the Minuteman missile launch control facility that once was part of the nation's Cold War defense system, could be reopened by mid-2009 as a North Dakota state ...

The Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site -- also known as Oscar-Zero and November-33 -- near Cooperstown, N.D., will open July 13. The historic site will preserve and interpret the ...

INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) — The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is building a new visitor center. The new 7,300-square-foot center will house displays, a theater, retail space and the park's ...

The new 7,300-square-foot center will house displays, a theater, retail space and the park's administrative offices. Groundbreaking on the new center is scheduled to occur within the next month ...