In the middle of the 20th century, two missileers stood guard, hidden in plain sight as a part of the Cold War against the ...

A recent test project indicated using existing silos with the new Sentinel system would lead to project delays and more costs ...

“ The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel ...

The Sentinel ICBM program is already alarmingly over budget, and trying to reuse 55-year-old Minuteman III silos would put it ...

Existing Minuteman III silos are clustered in missile fields across areas of Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, and Nebraska. Further silo construction would be required in California at ...

The Air Force has to dig new silos for its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, instead of reusing Minuteman ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A fire at a Minuteman missile complex forced the evacuation of 13 people from a building at Minot Air Force base in North Dakota, but posed no danger to the public or to the ...

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 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) ...