Current Context : The United States conducted an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

ABOUT MINUTEMAN III:

• The LGM-30G Minuteman III is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
• It was first deployed in the 1960s by the United States Air Force (USAF).
• It was designed and manufactured by the Boeing Corporation.
• It is the first U.S. missile fitted with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).
• The United States currently has an estimated 440 Minuteman III missiles.