Minuteman III

U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and U.S. Air Force leaders have often cited parts obsolescence for the 400 Boeing [BA] Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles as one of the reasons to […]

The commander of U.S. Strategic Command said Tuesday the Pentagon must continue to replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a next-generation system and it cannot undergo further […]

While the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test on Aug. 4 of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM with three test reentry vehicles, such tests with dummy, […]

Air Force and Navy service members aboard an airplane on Tuesday remotely launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with three unarmed warheads from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. […]

As it holds out hope for a role on the next generation of U.S. nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, Boeing [BA] Defense, Space and Security continues modernizing parts of the existing fleet, including […]

Two key nuclear delivery systems, the Long Range Standoff Weapon cruise missile and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile should be ready on time — the cruise […]

When the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) arrives to replace the Minuteman III silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Minuteman III’s old nuclear warheads might go right back into the ground […]

The Department of Energy and the Pentagon plan deploy W87-0 warheads, without new plutonium pit cores, on some Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missiles, potentially buying the civilian agency more […]

Complications with the B61-12 and W88 Alt-370 programs might delay production of new intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes at the Department of Energy’s Kansas City National Security Campus by more than […]