This threat perception eventually led to the U.S. developing ICBMs at an accelerated pace, starting with the development of the Atlas ICBM beginning in 1951. Three years later, the U.S. Air Force ...

The first successful test of an ICBM by the U.S. came in 1959 with the Atlas missile. The U.S. then developed more advanced systems, including the Minuteman missile, which had greater range and ...