The Minuteman III nuclear-capable missile is equipped with a single Mark-21 high-fidelity re-entry vehicle - which would typically contain a nuclear payload if it were launched operationally.

Minuteman III missiles are deployed in silos across Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming. They are assigned to three operational units known as missile wings.

The Minuteman is a 1970-era program which the Air Force plans to replace with the LGM-35A Sentinel system. Minuteman III is to be used as a "viable deterrent" until LGM achieves full capability.

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 ...

The Minuteman III missile launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the military said, according to the New York Post. The missile was unarmed at the time of the launch.

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 ...

The Minuteman III missile was unarmed when it launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the military said. The missile traveled 15,000 miles per hour to a test site in the ...