US Pulls Missile Defenses in Saudi Arabia Amid Yemen Attacks A high-resolution satellite picture taken Friday showed the batteries' pads at the site empty, with no visible activity.
Air Force Aborts ICBM Test After Problem on the Ground The aborted mission comes as the Pentagon faces increased scrutiny over its efforts to develop next-generation ICBMs to...
Putting Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert Would Exhaust the Force, General Says A requirement to return a portion of the Air Force bomber fleet to alert status would deteriorate and exhaust the force, a...
Minuteman III Missiles Are Too Old to Upgrade Anymore, STRATCOM Chief Says Adm. Charles Richard rejected suggestions to save money by trying to life-extend the 50-year-old ICBMs.
A Navy Destroyer Just Shot Down an ICBM Target for the First Time As the ICBM intercept test was a preliminary test of a new combat capability, the ICBM target did not deploy countermeasures.
Northrop Grumman Gets $13.3 Billion Air Force Contract to Engineer New ICBMs The new ICBM will replace the Minuteman III, which was designed to last a decade and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary...
The Minuteman III, Designed for 10 Years of Use, Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Wednesday marks 50 years since America's Minuteman III ICBM was first placed on alert at Minot Air Force Base.
FTC Investigating Northrop Grumman Amid ICBM Spat with Boeing The agency is probing whether Northrop violated the terms of an agreement it made to acquire Orbital ATK.
Boeing Withdraws from Competition to Build New Land-Based Nuclear Missile Boeing Co. says it is out of the running to develop the U.S. Air Force's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent missile.
Air Force Destroyed Unarmed ICBM in Test Gone Wrong: STRATCOM Chief An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was destroyed in flight this week due to a safety issue.
Senior Army Enlisted Can Soon Be Temporarily Promoted Without NCO Schooling Noncommissioned officers who haven't yet graduated from the Army's Master Leader Course may still get promoted beginning next...
Navy Prepares for Discharges of Sailors Who Refuse COVID Vaccine Sailors who refuse the shot can be reassigned while their cases are heard, and will not be promoted or given any other orders...
Anger over Afghanistan and the Imperfect Example of Stu Scheller Lt. Col. Stu Scheller has become a symbol in some military and political circles of a need for military accountability and...
The US Navy Backed the Hunt for Titanic to 'Drive The Soviets Crazy,' Explorer's Book Reveals The search for the Titanic was a cover for a top secret Navy mission involving the use of undersea systems to explore two...
Catholic Church Says Troops Can Decline COVID Vaccine as First Deadline Approaches Archbishop Timothy Broglio's message lends support to troops who claim religious exemptions to vaccination mandates.
