DefenceTalkThe Minuteman missile is a core component of the U.S. nuclear triad originally created in the late 1950s. Minuteman missiles were deployed in underground silos in the Great Plains in the early 1960s to deter a Soviet nuclear attack. Some critics claim the Minuteman is a Cold War era weapon irrelevant to today’s force, but […]https://www.defencetalk.com/modernization-of-minuteman-iii-needs-to-begin-now-59000/