The most far-reaching and lethal nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal are guarded (with precision and skill) by America's youth.

An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from north Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday.

A Minuteman 3 missile blasted off early Thursday morning 7 seven weeks late, but apparently successful 7 in a test of whether another weapon/s warhead can ride on its tip.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was destroyed over the Pacific Ocean early Wednesday, minutes after it blasted out of a California coast ...

CHEYENNE — The first Minuteman III silo is to be taken offline as one of the first steps in the broader Sentinel project, which will modernize existing U.S. Air Force intercontinental ballistic ...

A bright streak lit the California sky as an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base during the GT-254 test. According to Air Force Global ...

The Air Force said it successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Wednesday, part of regular testing of the land-based ...

The U.S. military will launch an unarmed nuclear missile across the Pacific Ocean overnight Nov. 4, in a pre-planned firing that marks the Pentagon's first weapons test since President Donald Trump ...

Germany has inaugurated the first elements of the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, which it is buying from ...

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