There are 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch facilities hiding in plain sight amidst farms ...

The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center may hold an industry day in late August at Hill AFB, Utah to gauge industry ...

In this August 2023 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, two missile launch officers, or missileers, finish a 24-hour underground shift at a launch control center at Malmstrom Air Force Base.

ERIC S. EDELMAN is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He was Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the George W. Bush administration, as well as U.S. Ambassador to ...

Before his Wyoming stop, Hagel flew by helicopter to a Minuteman 3 missile launch control center in Nebraska. Besides Nebraska, the missiles are in underground silos in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana ...

– An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of the ICBM test program on Wednesday, May 21st between 12:01am - 5 ...

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.

Once a pillar of Cold War deterrence, this missile launch station is now a state historical site. The Quebec 01 missile alert station in the remote Wyoming prairie near Chugwater once was crucial ...

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 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.

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – In a move meant to showcase and test the United States nuclear forces’ readiness, military officials plan to launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballist… ...