This video explores the LGM-30 Minuteman, the intercontinental ballistic missile that has formed the backbone of America’s nuclear deterrent for six decades. It traces the missile’s development during ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. LEWISTOWN — The Air Force may need to operate the Minuteman III missiles decades longer than ...

The US Air Force's new ICBM Sentinel faces major delays and cost overruns. The service may have to rely on its 50-year-old Minuteman III's for much longer than anticipated. A host of logistical and ...

Dwindling spare parts stores and potentially deteriorating elements could present a challenge as the Air Force attempts to keep Minuteman III nuclear missiles operational until 2050. (U.S. Air Force) ...

Air Force officials have told congressional auditors it’s feasible to extend, until 2050, Boeing Co.’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles that have been the ground-based leg of the US-nuclear triad ...

This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings on the Air Force’s troubled transition from the aging, silo-based Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to its ...

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