U.S. Air Force and Navy leaders reiterated the importance of the nuclear triad and the need to maintain an effective deterrent before adversaries. U.S.

While the Minuteman III missile is capable of carrying up to three nuclear warheads, it is currently equipped with only one. The U.S. ICBM fleet occasionally conducts test launches involving multiple ...

The US Air Force launched a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of delivering a nuclear warhead ...

According to the Federation of American Scientists, the U.S. deploys 400 Minuteman III ICBMs—each carrying a single warhead—in silos located in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming.