Minuteman III
America Is Testing A “Minuteman III” Ballistic Missile Tonight
The Minuteman III is a three-stage, solid-fuel rocket, meaning it can be launched with minimal preparation—an essential aspect for deterrence.
$140,000,000,000: That’s the New Cost for the NEW Sentinel ICBM
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force’s Sentinel Program, aimed at modernizing its silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), faces rising costs and delays, prompting debate over its continuation. The...
The Sentinel ICBM: Too Big to Fail
The Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program is a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) that will replace the current inventory of 400 Minuteman III ICBMs. This massive undertaking includes not...
The Old But Dangerous Minuteman III ICBM Could Kill Billions of People
Meet the Minuteman III: Back during the American Revolutionary War, the term Minutemen referred to a small hand-picked elite force that was required to be highly mobile and able to...
Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM Will Be Delayed Two Years and Is Getting Super Expensive
Sentinel ICBM Will Cost Much More And Take Much Longer Than Expected – When it involves a new military platform, it rarely comes as quickly or, more importantly, as cheaply...
Air Force Looks to New ICBM to Deter Massive Nuclear Attack
Air Force acquisition executive Andrew Hunter says the service’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is developing well and on-track for successful delivery at the end of this decade, indicating...
America Must Retire the 50-Year-Old Minuteman III ICBM
A new study from the RAND Corporation examines the many reasons why the Pentagon’s aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) cannot be upgraded or sustained in any viable way...
Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Now More Important Than Ever
Given the age of the existing Minuteman III system, the Air Force’s evolving Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can’t be ready soon enough. This is perhaps one reason...
Pentagon Cancels Nuclear Test Following Russian Saber-Rattling
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has postponed a long-scheduled test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to send an unambiguous message to Russia and the world that the...
Six Critical Actions Biden Can Take to Strengthen U.S. National Security
U.S. leaders could greatly reduce the risk that adversaries of the United States will join forces and engage in a catastrophic attack on the U.S. homeland by adopting a new...
The Right Choice: America Needs the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The GBSD is being engineered to bring new levels of reliability, targeting and guidance technologies to sustain the U.S. ground-fired ICBM fleet well into the...
The Little-Known Role of Digital Engineering in America’s ICBMs
The Air Force’s emerging ground-based strategic deterrent (GBSD) next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is on the production fast track. The service’s sixth-generation fighter is already airborne years ahead of schedule...