President Donald Trump ordered the construction of a new missile defense system covering the United States, the latest move ...

The "L" in LGM is the Department of Defense designation for silo-launched; "G" means surface attack; "M" stands for guided missile, the 30 stands for the Minuteman series of missile and the G ...

The base says the replacement system will allow for smoother operations in transporting the missiles at operational wings.

A haunting Cold War era map portrays a grim outlook for the United States, should nuclear conflict arise. The stark ...

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 ...

The B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of ...

Investigations into potential toxic exposures of those who work with America's nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles are reaching some of the highest levels of government and the Department of ...

The plains of North Dakota stretch out in a vast expanse of rolling hills interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees ...

Only one U.S. missile—a Polaris—has ever been fired with an atomic war head aboard. Minuteman, says General Power, “has never been operationally tested all the way through from stockpile to ...

It is now convincingly clear that the Air Force has developed just such a missile: the Minuteman. Last week, seconds after its engines spouted orange flame, a Minuteman rose out of the inferno of ...