For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity — and occasionally the ...

The project, now named the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, is designed and managed by Northrop Grumman Corp and aims to replace aging Minuteman III missiles.

The nuclear-capable Minuteman III, made by Boeing Co. , is key to the U.S. military’s strategic arsenal. The missile has a range of 6,000-plus miles (9,660-plus km) and can travel at a speed of ...

Crews at Vandenberg Space Force Base safely terminated an unarmed Minuteman III missile test early Wednesday morning after something went awry during the flight. Space Launch Delta 30 personnel at ...

An Air Force member takes environmental samples at a Minuteman III missile alert facility near Stoneham ... Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, submitted the independent study amendment, which cleared a key hurdle ...

The year’s second Minuteman III missile, equipped with a mock warhead outfitted with sensors to collect data, is set for a test launch early Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base near ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is reporting the first data on cancer diagnoses among troops who worked with nuclear missiles and, while the data is only about 25% complete, the service says the ...