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91st Missile Wing rolling out new transporters for Minuteman III missiles
A report from the base said they’re getting new equipment to transport the Minuteman III missile system more efficiently. For almost four decades, the base used a Transporter Erector (TE ...
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LGM-30 Minuteman III
The current ICBM force consists of 450 Minuteman III missiles located at the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.; the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; ...
In major expansion of US nuclear buildup, Trump orders construction of nationwide missile defense system
President Donald Trump ordered the construction of a new missile defense system covering the United States, the latest move ...
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US Fires Minuteman III Missile in Nuclear Drills After Adversaries
The United States military test-launched an unarmed, but nuclear-capable, intercontinental ballistic missile from California over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The Minuteman III ICBM was fired at ...
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Unprotected: Troops Spent Decades Elbow-Deep in Dangerous Chemicals to Keep Nuclear Missiles Working
The substance that saturated Cross' clothes, sodium chromate, is widely used in the cooling systems of America's Minuteman III missile systems, roughly 400 of them. In 2017, about four decades ...
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Last Minuteman III Decommissioned 2050 or Later, W87 Non-Sentinel Test Within Year
There will likely be a 15-year minimum overlap in silos between the Sentinel and the last Minuteman III, an Air Force Global ...
Cruise vs Ballistic vs Hypersonic missiles: Which type has the best range, speed, and precision | Comparing the deadliest weapons
India successfully tested its first long-range hypersonic missile at Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. With this ...
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USAF looks into replacement of Minuteman III flight control units
The U.S. Air Force is considering the replacement of flight control units for the engines on the three-stage Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic ...
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Security forces watchful guards of missile fields
The plains of North Dakota stretch out in a vast expanse of rolling hills interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees ...
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Nuclear Missile Silo Keyboard Re-Launched In USB
After doing some digging, they found that the keyboard and trackball combination was used in Minuteman III nuclear missile silos beginning in the early 1990’s, when the REACT program replaced ...
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The $130 Billion Plan to Replace the U.S.’s Minuteman Nuclear Missiles
The U.S.'s Minuteman nuclear missiles were only supposed to last 10 years—now, they’ve defended the U.S. for more than 50. WSJ explains the logistical challenges of replacing them. WSJ ...