The troubled LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM program hit another hurdle as new assessments reveal a previous plan to re-use LGM-30 Minuteman III missile silos may not be feasible. Breaking Defense reports ...

CAMP GUERNSEY — Along a dirt road in the high plains of Platte County, a convoy of tan military vehicles accompanies a massive trailer, simulating a nuclear convoy crossing through cow country.

The unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:26 a.m. local Pacific time (0526 GMT) on Sept. 6.The test launch saw the ...

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.

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 Minuteman III is 59.9 feet in length, 5.5 feet in diameter, and weighs 79, 432 pounds, with a range of 5,218 nautical miles and a speed of 15,000 miles per hour (Mach 23).

There are currently 400 Minuteman III missiles deployed at the F.E. Warren, Malmstrom and Minot air force bases, where their hardened silos are located across five states.

Airman 1st Class William Ray removes the screws holding the nose point of a Minuteman III ICBM to the rest of the reentry system inside a payload transporter at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, ...

The US Space Force was set to launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental missile on election night — testing America’s nuclear-deterrent strategy during heightened tensions with the Mid… ...

The replacement for the ground-based U.S. nuclear arsenal anchored by the Minuteman III has officially busted through its $95.8 billion budget due to the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, the Air ...