The "L" in LGM is the Department of Defense designation ... the 30 stands for the Minuteman series of missile and the G after "30" is the current Minuteman III. The Minuteman is a strategic ...

There is a good chance the LGM-30G Minuteman III missiles won't be fired for any reason for much longer. With no new ones having been made since 1978, the current inventory, which counts roughly ...

These are the 4 missiles that can travel the farthest: Israel's Jericho 3, Russia's RS-26 Rubezh, the USA's LGM-30 Minuteman III, and China's Dongfeng 41. More from Military & Defense Multiple ...

According to the US command’s plans the Minuteman III is to be replaced in the 2030s by the LGM-35 Sentinel, the newest land-based missile, currently in the testing phase. The entire program to ...

The Air Force will have to continue maintaining Minuteman III nuclear missiles longer than expected, with the LGM-35A Sentinel successor requiring a major restructuring that will delay its fielding.

Detachment 9 will begin the process of upgrading the supporting infrastructure at Vandenberg as the aging Minuteman III ICBM system is replaced with the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM program. The Space ...