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Photo shows test launch of US Minuteman III nuclear missile

The United States test-fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered nuclear weapons tests. The test of the Minuteman III ...
Business Insider

Inside a top-secret ICBM training simulator where Air Force crews practiced for doomsday scenarios during the Cold War

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Air Force tests Minuteman III ICBM as part of US nuclear triad maintenance and modernization

The Air Force said it successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Wednesday, part of regular testing of the land-based ...
Rapid City Journal

Air Force sidelines 17 officers who control nuclear missiles after investigation in North Dakota

The missiles remain on their normal war footing, officials said. Although sidelining 17 launch officers at once is unprecedented, the Air Force said stripping officers of their authority to control ...
AOL

Inside a top-secret ICBM training simulator where Air Force crews practiced for doomsday scenarios during the Cold War

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer. The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Similar ...