The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.
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As of 2017, the LGM-30G Minuteman III version is the only land-based #ICBM in service in the United States.

Minuteman-III followed in 1970, using three smaller warheads instead of one large one, which made it very difficult to attack by an anti-ballistic #Missile system which would have to hit all three widely separated warheads to be effective. Each missile can carry up to three nuclear warheads, which have a yield in the range of 300 to 500 kilotons.

The Air Force plans to keep the missile in service until at least 2030. It is one component of the U.S. nuclear triad—the other two parts of the triad being the Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), and nuclear weapons carried by long-range strategic bombers.

Type: Intercontinental ballistic missile
Place of origin: United States

In service:
1962 (Minuteman-I)
1965 (Minuteman-II)
1970 (Minuteman-III)

Manufacturer: Boeing
Unit cost: $7,000,000

Specifications
Weight: 35,300 kg
Length: 18.2 m
Diameter: 1.7 m (1st stage)
Warhead: Nuclear - W62 (retired), W78 (active), or W87 (active)
Detonation Mechanism: Airburst or contact (surface)

Engine:
Three-stage solid-fuel rocket engines; first stage: Thiokol TU-122 (M-55); second stage: Aerojet-General SR-19-AJ-1; third stage: Aerojet/Thiokol SR 73-AJ/TC-1

Operational Range: Approx. 13,000 km, exact is classified
Flight altitude: 1,120 kilometers

Speed:
Approximately Mach 23, or 28,176 km/h (terminal phase)

Guidance System: Inertial NS-50
Accuracy: 200 m CEP
Launch Platform: Missile Silo
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