The following is the Oct. 17, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Defense Primer: LGM-35A Sentinel ...

Much of the United States' nuclear arsenal was dismantled years ago, but a surprising number of ICBMs remain in operation ...

The 91st Missile Wing successfully performed its biennial Simulated Electronic Launch Minuteman test, the first phase of ...

In the 21st century, one of the military capabilities that marks a country as a great power is the ability to strike anyplace ...

Last month's launch of Beijing's deadliest intercontinental ballistic missile outside Chinese airspace puts spotlight on its ...

(By comparison, America’s Minuteman III ICBM is 16 meters long and weighs nearly 40 tons.) Following the explosion, high-resolution satellite imagery showed the massive extent of damage to both ...

China’s decision to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on 25 September was unusual—but ...

New satellite imagery indicates Russia may have conducted a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test in recent days involving its Sarmat ICBM, also known as the Satan II. A satellite image ...

The U.S. also routinely tests its ICBM, the Minuteman III, with the last launch in June from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The U.S. conducted two Minuteman III ICBM test launches in 2023, one in June and one in September. Tom Karako, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Defense ...