VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – An operational test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile has been scheduled for launch between 11:01 p.m. on Feb. 18 to 5:01 a.m ...

The test "is not a response to current world events," as it is a routine and periodic activity, which showcased America's nuclear deterrent as "safe, secure, reliable, and effective" in deterring ...

Barely 20 miles from North Korea's Pyongyang lies something ominous. Once the grounds for Kim Jong-un's Winter Palace, this ...

24—VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in pairs, waiting for a ...

Russia has the largest number of nuclear warheads with 5,580. The ICBM test launch program is intended to demonstrate the operational capability of the Minuteman III and ensure the United States ...

The launch at 1 a.m. Pacific Time was a routine ... by airmen from Air Force Global Strike Command, which operates the ICBM’s deterrence architecture and uses Vandenberg as its main testing ...

The United States Air Force and Northrop Grumman achieved a milestone last week in their efforts to modernize the land-based ...

After a two-hour delay to assure the missile's flight path was clear, the launch proceeded successfully at 1 a.m., when the ICBM launched from a site overlooking the beach into the clouds ...

The test launch is the "most visible demonstration" of the Minuteman III ICBM's capability, it added, which attracts public and media attention at the local, national, and international levels.

Located roughly 20 miles from Pyongyang, the site was previously used for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's Winter Palace, ...