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US Fires Minuteman III Missile in Nuclear Drills After Adversaries
The United States military test-launched an unarmed, but nuclear-capable, intercontinental ballistic missile from California over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The Minuteman III ICBM was fired at ...
Minot Daily News15d
91st Missile Wing ushers in new era of MMIII transporters
For the past 37 years the Transporter Erector (TE) has been a fundamental piece of equipment for operational readiness of the ...
Military.com11mon
LGM-30 Minuteman III
Power Plant: three solid-propellant rocket motors; First Stage ATK refurbished M55A1; Second Stage ATK refurbished SR-19; Third Stage ATK refurbished SR-73 Thrust: First Stage: 203,158 pounds ...
In major expansion of US nuclear buildup, Trump orders construction of nationwide missile defense system
President Donald Trump ordered the construction of a new missile defense system covering the United States, the latest move ...
Task & Purpose5y
The Air Force is investigating whether an airman smoked weed at a missile alert facility for nuclear Minuteman ICBMs
responsible for overseeing 400 nuclear GM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota By Jared Keller Posted on Oct 23, 2019 The Air Force is ...
Minot Daily News9d
Security forces watchful guards of missile fields
The plains of North Dakota stretch out in a vast expanse of rolling hills interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees ...
The National Interest7d
America’s B61 Nuclear Gravity Bomb Is Getting an Upgrade
Although not possessing the long-distance standoff capacity of either a ground-launched Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or a Trident II (D5) submarine-launched ballistic ...
Wall Street Journal10mon
The $130 Billion Plan to Replace the U.S.’s Minuteman Nuclear Missiles
The U.S.'s Minuteman nuclear missiles were only supposed to last 10 years—now, they’ve defended the U.S. for more than 50. WSJ explains the logistical challenges of replacing them. WSJ ...
Time1mon
Defense: Ace in the Hole
U.S. defense planning rests on the assumption that all-out war, if it comes, will begin with a Soviet nuclear attack against U.S. missile and bomber bases. To deter the Russians from launching ...