For the third time this year, an unarmed Minuteman III missile blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base for a test launch of the weapon system early ...

President Donald Trump has announced plans for a so-called "Golden Dome," which would be a defensive shield for the continental United States. Ideally, the Golden Dome would function much like ...

Northrop Grumman has resumed work on a major part of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program and has finalized a plan with the Air Force to restructure the over-budget and delayed ...

Work on the command and launch segments of the Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM program are on hold while service leaders formulate a plan to restructure the way-over-budget effort to replace its aging ...

The United States simulated an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) attack on its homeland by the nuclear-armed North Korea last week at a strategic base located in Alaska. The U.S. has ...

The US Air Force's new ICBM Sentinel faces major delays and cost overruns. The service may have to rely on its 50-year-old Minuteman III's for much longer than anticipated. A host of logistical and ...

This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings on the Air Force’s troubled transition from the aging, silo-based Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to its ...

Opponents of the next-generation ICBM often reduce its mission to that of a warhead “sponge”: That is, should an adversary attempt to disarm the US nuclear force, its primary purpose is to soak up the ...

In another move coinciding with the 98th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces, China has released footage of last year's high-profile test launch of a nuclear-capable missile. As the ...

PROMONTORY — The United States Air Force and Northrop Grumman achieved a milestone last week in their efforts to modernize the land-based component of the country’s nuclear triad. According to an Air ...