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 ...

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.

SIPRI’s latest report shows India edging out Pakistan in both capability and posture as other nuclear powers race to expand ...

There are other types of missiles capable of carrying nukes, but the Minuteman is the current ICBM of choice. It carries a single W87 warhead, which has a destructive blast yield of between 300 ...

The U.S. is sitting on a stockpile of around 400 Minuteman III missiles. According to the Department of Defense lexicon, LGM is a code name where L designates a silo-based approach, ...

The concept for Mount Rushmore was proposed by historian Doane Robinson in 1923 as a bold way to draw tourists to the state ...

A Webster City father-son team made a presentation to the Wilson Brewer Park Foundation Board Wednesday that, if implemented, ...

Minuteman Disaster Relief got to St. Louis this week for a 14 day mission to help move large items and clear debris. "I saw them driving around in a skid steer,” English pointed out.

Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said President Donald Trump’s proposed "Golden Dome" missile shield for the United States is a "fantastic vision" for the country as defense contracting companies ...

A radar system that can track missiles flying five times the speed of sound has been delivered to the U.S. military, marking a major upgrade to one of the its most essential missile defense systems.