“This Minuteman III test launch exemplified the mission readiness, agility, and professionalism of the personnel at Vandenberg, Air Force Global Strike Command, and the U.S. Navy,” said Col ...

Feb. 24—VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in pairs, waiting for a ...

The US Air Force will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Southern California next week to test and flex the military’s readiness to use nuclear force. The unarmed Minuteman ...

Here are five things to know about the launch: 1. It Was A Routine Test. The launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base was part of a program ...

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. | Air Force Global Strike Command leadership and local community members attended the grand opening ceremony for the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with airmen in charge of Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. He also visited a western Nebraska missile launch control ...

The test launch is part of routine activities to show the United States' nuclear deterrent remains effective in deterring 21st-century threats and reassuring allies, officials said.

How much power does the president alone have to launch a nuclear strike? Bloomberg News asked Bruce G. Blair, a former Minuteman missile-launch officer and research scholar at Princeton University ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The United States military test-launched another unarmed nuclear-capable missile last night ...

The Pentagon is preparing to replace all of today’s 400 long-range, land-based nuclear-armed missiles with a new missile dubbed “Sentinel.” In the face of ...