The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is set to launch from the Southern California base between 11:01 p.m.

Despite being over 50 years old, the Minuteman III remains critical due to delays in its replacement—the LGM-35A Sentinel. Originally expected to phase in by the 2030s, Sentinel faces cost overruns ...

Vandenberg Space Force Base’s public affairs team hit on the idea of taking the reenlistment photo during a rocket launch.

In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in pairs, waiting for a message they hope never arrives: An order from the ...

Both the U.S. and Russia deploy hundreds of nuclear-armed ICBMs that can be fired and reach targets within minutes.

" Minuteman III test launch is just one of the ways the Department of the Air Force demonstrates the readiness, precision, ...

A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle on ...

The U.S. Air Force testing group responsible for evaluating ground-based nuclear weapon systems launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California early Wednesday. A Minuteman III ...

The Air Force launched an unarmed missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base overnight, in a demonstration of the readiness of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic ...

The U.S. Air Force demonstrated the nation's nuclear readiness by launching an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ...

The Air Force must continue maintaining Minuteman III nuclear missiles longer than expected, with the Sentinel successor ...