The United States houses thousands of nuclear missiles in underground silos, with Montana being home to a good chunk of the ...

The launch of the Sputnik satellite by the Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957, shocked Americans and triggered a debate over the “missile gap,” a perceived Soviet superiority.

Some locals, however, are more worried about these nuclear missile sites and plans to modernize the 450 Minuteman III silos in Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Colorado with new ICBMs ...

Each Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, weighs 79,432 pounds. Within minutes of a launch order, they can fly at least 6,000 miles and reach speeds of 15,000 mph.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - As global tensions escalate, including recent developments involving the U.S. and Iran, Montana’s ...

341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technicians work on an intercontinental ballistic missile during a Simulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman test on Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near ...

The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen in samples taken at a Montana missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses.

The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen in samples taken at a Montana missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses.

Now loaded with 50-year-old Minuteman III ICBMs, the Air Force plans to install a new Sentinel ICBM system in 450 sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Nebraska over the next several years ...

The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen in samples taken at a Montana missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses.