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	LGM-30 Minuteman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The LGM-30 Minuteman is a United States nuclear missile, a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
		It is a guided missile, with three solid-fuel stages, and in addition, in the post-boost stage (“bus”), a liquid-fuel propulsion system rocket engine used to fine-tune the trajectory of the reentry vehicle and/or dispense individual warheads to separate targets across a broad area.
		The LGM-118A Peacekeeper MX ICBM, which was to have replaced the Minuteman, was due to be retired by 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minuteman_III (2991 words)

	Minuteman Missile - Strategic Air Command - Nuclear Warhead
		The Minuteman missile is maintained on alert in an unmanned, hardened underground launch facility (LF) approximately 80 feet deep, 12 feet in diameter, and covered by a 100-ton blast door which is blown off prior to missile launch.
		Minuteman is a three-stage, solid-propellant, rocket-powered ICBM with a range of approximately 5,500 nautical miles.
		The latter effort resulted in the remanufacturing of the Minuteman II second-stage motor and an investigation of the condition of the liner in the Minuteman III third stage.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /missiles/Minuteman/Minuteman_Missile_History.htm (4843 words)

	LAND-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Minuteman silos were upgraded in the early 1980s, against the continual improvements in Russian missile accuracy and a further hardening programme for both the Minuteman III and Peacekeeper missile silos was started in 1990.
		Minuteman III missiles are deployed at Malmstrom (200), Minot (150), and F E Warren (150) AFBs.
		The first flight test of a single RV Minuteman III missile was carried out in February 1995, the first ground tests of replacement first-, second- and third-stage solid propellant motors were made in 1997, and the first flight test of the guidance replacement programme was made in June 1998.
	www.aeronautics.ru /archive/wmd/ballistic/ballistic/lgm30g-01.htm (5377 words)

	LGM-30 Minuteman III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The LGM-30 Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is an element of the nation's strategic deterrent forces.
		The Minuteman weapon system was conceived in the late 1950s and deployed in the early 1960s.
		Minuteman's maintenance concept capitalizes on high reliability and a "remove and replace" approach to achieve a near 100 percent alert rate.
	www.hill.af.mil /icbm/lmpage/lgm30.htm (389 words)

	Minuteman Missile NHS: Historic Resource Study (Chapter 3, Section I)
		Minuteman I was designed based on the theory of "massive retaliation" which required the missiles to launch at one time in retaliation to an attack.
		Minuteman II was designed based on the theory of "controlled response" which required some of the missile fleet to survive a nuclear attack.
		Minuteman III was designed under a theory of "flexible response" which required the missile to be able to fire independently and target multiple potential aggressors.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/mimi/hrs1-3b.htm (1396 words)

	Military Factory - Minuteman III Missile ICBM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The LGM-30G Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is an element of the nation's strategic deterrent forces.
		The Minuteman weapon system was conceived in the late 1950s and Minuteman I was deployed in the early 1960s.
		The current Minuteman force consists of 500 Minuteman III's located at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., Malmstrom AFB, Mont., and Minot AFB, N.D. The last round of base realignment and closing decisions has forced a realignment of Minuteman missiles from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., to Malmstrom AFB.
	www.militaryfactory.com /munitions/popup.asp?munitions_id=22 (441 words)

	Minuteman Missile - Strategic Air Command - Nuclear Warhead
		Eventually, operational Minuteman I and II ICBMs were dispersed at six USAF bases in the central and northern plains states.
		The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is the most advanced version of the solid-propellant series of weapons and offers greater range than the Minuteman I and II.
		Minuteman I sites were later modified to accept the improved -II and -III versions, permitting the updating of the entire Minuteman force of approximately 1,000 missiles scattered at launch sites in central and northern plains states.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /missiles/Minuteman/Minuteman_Missile_Technology.htm (367 words)

	LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM - United States Nuclear Forces
		By the time the last Minuteman IIs of the 564th SMS were placed on strategic alert in the spring of 1967, significant progress had been made on the development of an even more advanced ICBM.
		Final Minuteman missile pulls out of Grand Forks, June 9, 1998 -- Missile handling personnel from the 321st Missile Group pulled the last Minuteman missile of 150 that were assigned.
		Air Force taking steps to ensure Minuteman reliability Released: Jun 30, 1998 (AFNS) The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program [GRP] is intended to extend the service life of the Minuteman III missile systems through the year 2025.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_3.htm (1263 words)

	Minuteman III Missile / Glory Trip 180GM Launch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This series of photos was taken during the rare dusk launch of a Minuteman III strategic missile from Vandenberg AFB on 2002 September 19.
		Minuteman III test launches almost always occur during the middle of the night or middle of the day.
		After the Minuteman disappeared, an irridescent, glowing cloud was visible high in the west.
	www.spacearchive.info /minuteman-iii-gt-180gm.htm (196 words)

	Minuteman Missile NHS: History
		The development of the solid-fueled Minuteman missile accelerated the early retirement of the first generation of liquid-fueled ICBMs, such as the Atlas D and Atlas E, which the Air Force deactivated by 1965.
		Minuteman's three cylindrical, steel-cased propulsion stages were stacked one atop the other, with each stage slightly smaller in diameter than the one beneath it.
		Called Minuteman II, the new missile offered improved range, greater payload, more flexible targeting, and greater accuracy, leading one Air Force spokesperson to estimate that its "kill capacity" was eight times that of Minuteman I. Minuteman II was deployed first at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota.
	www.nps.gov /mimi/history/srs/history.htm (6715 words)

	Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is a four stage missile like the Minuteman III, with the first three stages being solid propellant and the fourth stage bu hypergolicly fueled with hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide.
		The Minuteman II and III ignite their first stage engines while in the LF, but the Peacekeeper is ejected by pressurized gas some fifty feet into the air before first stage ignition.
		The data is used to derive the global ozone concentration in the stratosphere, the vertical distribution of atmospheric ozone, the long-term solar spectral irradiance, the photochemical processes and the influence of ¿trace¿ constituents on the ozone layer.
	mocc.vandenberg.af.mil /launchsched.asp?past=1 (5169 words)

	MX stuff
		The LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBMs are the land-based nuclear tools that guard our country from nuclear attack by another nation, by virtue of counter-attack capability from widely-dispersed, hidden locations in the US.
		Minutemans have been around since the early 1960's, and with upgrade programs to their motors and guidance now happening, will fly until 2020.
		In parallel with the Minuteman IV is another effort addressing conventional prompt global strike needs which is referred to as the Common Aero Vehicle (CAV)." Schriever Legacy Carries on in XR, The XR Report, A Quarterly Newsletter of the Developmental Planning Directorate, SMC, Vol.
	www.staynehoff.net /mx_stuff.htm (614 words)

	The Minuteman III ICBM
		The Minuteman III is currently expected to remain in service until the year 2020, a full 50 years after its initial deployment and 65 years from the inception of the Minuteman program (few of the people who worked on the program's early phases will still be alive when it retires).
		The first version of the Minuteman to be deployed was the Minuteman Ia, which achieved IOC (initial operating capability) in December 1962 (20 missiles) and a full squadron on alert on 28 February 1963.
		To extend the life of the Minuteman III missile force to 2020, 200 retired Minuteman II missiles are being modified to Minuteman III configuration to provide additional missiles for spares and testing (a number of test missiles are fired each year to ensure reliability).
	nuclearweaponarchive.org /Usa/Weapons/Mmiii.html (1469 words)

	Section 270: Technological Innovation and the ICBM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The U.S. deployed the Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper (MX) intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on land and the Polaris, Poseidon, and Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles at sea.
		The original Minuteman was superseded by improved Minuteman II and Minuteman III missiles.
		ecause the Minuteman is based underground and its lower casing has an ablative layer of cork--an organic material susceptible to fungus and decay--it has been treated with a fungicide, which accounts for the missile's green color.
	www.hrw.com /science/si-science/earth/spacetravel/spacerace/SpaceRace/sec200/sec270.html (840 words)

	U.S. nuclear forces, 2006 \| thebulletin.org
		Although the air force plans to reduce the operational warhead loading on Minuteman IIIs to 500, it is considering keeping as many as 800 warheads for the Minuteman force.
		Minuteman modernization continues under an ambitious $7 billion-$8 billion, six-part program intended to improve the missile's accuracy and reliability and extend its service life beyond 2020.
		An August 25 test used a Minuteman III from the 564th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, with a single vehicle.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=jf06norris (4311 words)

	Boeing LGM-30G "Minuteman III" ICBM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Even before the first LGM-30F Minuteman II had been deployed, work was already underway on the ultimate version of the missile, the LGM-30G Minuteman III.
		To improve the Minuteman III system's capabilities even further, an upgrade was undertaken in the 1970s simultaneously with the development of the Martin Marietta LGM-118A Peacekeeper ICBM.
		Test flights were also made in which a Minuteman III carried seven MIRVs aloft instead of three, but that change was never implemented in the fleet.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/photos/coldwar/lgm-30g.htm (820 words)

	NASM Space Artifacts: Minuteman III
		The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was first deployed with the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1970 and is still the cornerstone of our nation's land-based strategic nuclear arsenal.
		An improved version of the Minuteman II, the Minuteman III, was developed by Boeing in 1968.
		The Minuteman ICBMs, the latest version of which is the Minuteman III, have been the primary missile in the land-based portion of the United States' strategic nuclear arsenal since the early 1960s.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/dsh/artifacts/RM-Minuteman3.htm (601 words)

	Minuteman Missile Site Coordinates
		Minuteman I was known as SM-80, LGM30A/B, and HSM-80A/B. Minuteman II was known as LGM-30F.
		Fifty Minuteman III silos around Warren AFB (flights P through T) were converted to the Peacekeeper (MX) system in the late 1980s but as of October 2005 all fifty have been retired.
		A retrospective of Minuteman on its 40th birthday is at http://www.afa.org/magazine/March2001/0301minute_print.html.
	w3.uwyo.edu /~jimkirk/minuteman.html (2485 words)

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		But if we're sticking to ground based intercontinental range missiles, since the 500 Minuteman III missiles carry 1,500 warheads, we'd either need to build a mess of small single-warhead missiles (Midgetman, anybody?) and base them on trucks or railroad cars, or build another 150 Peacekeeper missiles and put them in old Minuteman silos.
		Originally, the decommissioning of the MX was to be accompanied by de-MIRVing all of the Minuteman IIIs.
		Thus the Peacekeepers are being retired, with their warheads moving to Minuteman III's as single warhead missiles.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/23-1244.asp (1016 words)

	Hilltop Times - 100th Minuteman refurbished
		The Minuteman III was first deployed in 1970 with a 15-year designed life expectancy.
		Refurbishment of the Minuteman III missiles starts at one of the three operational missile bases - F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., Minot AFB, N.D., or Malmstrom AFB, Mont. - where they spend two days removing the missile from the missile silo and transporting it back to their main base, distances of 150 miles or more.
		The Minuteman III missile is transported with the first, second and third stages as one unit, weighing more than 68,000 pounds.
	www.hilltoptimes.com /story.asp?edition=147&storyid=4115 (457 words)

	United States Arsenal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Minuteman III is a direct successor of the original Minuteman ICBMs first deployed in 1962.
		The 500 Minuteman IIIs are based at Malmstrom, Minot, and F E Warren Air Force Bases -- those currently at Grand Forks AFB will be transferred out by April 1998.
		START II mandates that all Minuteman IIIs be downloaded from their current three MIRVs to a single reentry vehicle.
	www.cdi.org /issues/nukef&f/database/usnukes.html (5547 words)

	LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM - United States Nuclear Forces
		Five hundred Minuteman III missiles are deployed at four bases in the north- central United States: Minot AFB and Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, Malmstrom AFB, Montana, and F. Warren AFB, Wyoming.
		The current Minuteman force is structured in a wing squadron, and flight concept.
		To ensure the reliability and maintainability of the Minuteman force into the new century, the Air Force initiated a major Minuteman upgrade and modification program.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/lgm-30_3.htm (678 words)

	[NukeNet] FW: [abolition-caucus] Criminality of Minuteman III
		And any use of even one nuclear weapon such as the Minuteman III, N-8 in any circumstance whether in response or defense would violate the principles of necessity and proportionality because it cannot be used within the intransgressible rules and principles of humanitarian law.
		The fact that Minuteman III missiles exist and that their use is actively threatened on high alert reflects the stubborn refusal of the US to abide by its own fundamental laws of war and to proceed with negotiations for nuclear disarmament in all its aspects.
		Clearly the Minuteman III, N-8 can never be used within the laws of war and its ongoing threat or use or any instrumentalities or property furthering its threat or use are illegal and criminal.
	www.energyjustice.net /pipermail/nukenet_energyjustice.net/2005-June/000964.html (1629 words)

	Minuteman III Missile / Glory Trip 190GB Launch
		At dawn on 2006 April 7, the California coast was treated to an unexpected and interesting display.
		In reality, the event was the launch of a Minuteman III missile from Vandenberg AFB.
		At this point, the orb was less apparent and a magenta-colored area had appeared near the center of the exhaust plume.
	www.spacearchive.info /minuteman-iii-gt-190gb.htm (324 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Minuteman ICBMs Soldier on As Peacekeepers Get Mothballed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Minuteman, a smaller, three-stage rocket system, has undergone numerous improvements since it was first deployed in the early 1960s, according to STRATCOM.
		The Minuteman III version, deployed in 1970, was designed to carry three nuclear warheads, according to an Air Force fact sheet, but a 1992 arms treaty reduced its payload to one warhead.
		Ellis said the Minuteman III will become America's sole land-based nuclear-warhead carrying ICBM system after the Peacemaker is retired.
	www.defense.gov /news/Mar2004/n03262004_200403266.html (329 words)

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