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 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 ...

The Air Force started studying cancer rates in the nuclear missile community in 2023 because of pressure from ailing missile ...

The Air Force’s roughly 400 Minuteman III make up the land-based portion of the United States’ nuclear triad, along with submarine-launched nuclear missiles and bombers capable of delivering ...

An unarmed Minuteman III test launch took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Wednesday morning, the second of the year for the intercontinental ballistic program. The three-stage missile ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE, Calif. – An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday as part of a test of the nation's nuclear launch capabilities.

A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2018 ” KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services business will provide sustainment support for the U.S. Air Force‘s existing intercontinental ballistic missile system ...