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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

The Pentagon is set to use funds from the US's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to refit a jet gifted to ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Seventy years ago today on July 12, 1955, ground was broken north of Minot for what would become Minot ...

Air Force successfully tests Minuteman III nuclear missile in midnight launch from California by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego May 21, 2025, 6:36 p.m. May 21, 2025, 6:37 p.m.

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, at Vandenberg Space Force Base. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S ...

– 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 ...

Why It Matters. The American ICBM force, consisting of 400 armed Minuteman III missiles deployed in silos and ready to execute nuclear strike missions, forms part of the country's nuclear triad ...