The report notes that, beyond the issues with the Minuteman III itself, the infrastructure and facilities built to support the missiles were constructed in the 1960s and are now exhibiting ...

Earlier this month, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launch was aborted just prior to takeoff. Aborts of this nature are rare but they do happen. When I was an ICBM ...

The U.S. currently deploys 400 armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles ready for nuclear strikes. ... equipment, or facilities not normally possessed by operating locations." ...

According to those who give the tours, some visitors have been so impressed by the ranger-guided excursions of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site that they question why they're free.

MINUTEMAN SECURITY: Boeing announced Oct. 20 that it will manufacture and deliver control system hardware and modification kits to improve security at more than 450 Minuteman III facilities as ...

Fifty years ago on Aug. 16, 1968, the U.S. Air Force launched its first unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile.

The latest generation, Minuteman III, delivers a smaller explosive yield, but has three warheads that can each separate to reach multiple targets. Today there are 450 of these launch silos remaining.

The U.S. Air Force is replacing LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with the LGM-35A Sentinel, a new ICBM to take over the most responsive part of the U.S. nuclear ...