The Air Force hoped to reuse existing silos for Minuteman III nuclear missiles for the upcoming Sentinel program, but has concluded it will have to dig new silos. (A1C Braydon Williams/Air Force) The ...

A Northrop Grumman official on Monday attributed the explosive projected cost growth of the U.S. Air Force’s next intercontinental ballistic missile to the service’s design changes, including to the ...

Deep beneath the plains of North Dakota, hidden behind blast doors and endless security checks, lies one of America’s most ...

The Minuteman missiles controlling America's underground capsules are set for demolition and replacement with the Sentinel, a massive ICBM. The $96 billion Sentinel overhaul covers 450 silos across ...

LEWISTOWN, Montana — Jerry Van Haur was 10 years old when the first Minuteman nuclear missile showed up on his grandfather’s farm. "I’m not arguing with the project — I just want them to know the ...

In Raynesford, Mont. (pop. 62), a cowboy can saunter out of the Mint Bar, ride two miles over rolling, dun-colored country, and watch hard-hatted construction workers pouring concrete around a ...

The partially censored document obtained by the AP indicate that the security team was required to respond to the simulated capture of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile silo by hostile forces, termed an ...

U.S. defense planning rests on the assumption that all-out war, if it comes, will begin with a Soviet nuclear attack against U.S. missile and bomber bases. To deter the Russians from launching such an ...

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The Air Force will have to dig entirely new nuclear missile silos for the LGM-35A Sentinel, creating another complication for a troubled program that is already facing future cost and schedule ...