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LGM-30G Minuteman III

Silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile in the U.S. strategic deterrent force.

by Boeing

FieldedMissileLandFieldedJun 1970
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Long-exposure photograph of an unarmed Minuteman III test launch at night

Photo: Staff Sgt. JT Armstrong via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Air Force) · Resized and reencoded as WebP with metadata removed; no additional crop.

Timeline1

  1. FieldedConfirmed

    Minuteman III deployed

    SourcesU.S. Air Force

Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.

Sources2

  1. 1.
    OtherInside A Top Secret Air Force Nuclear Missile Silo

    Sam Eckholm · Jul 20, 2025 · Supports: System · name

    “Minuteman III”
  2. 2.
    Government recordLGM-30G Minuteman III

    U.S. Air Force · Supports: System, System milestone

    “The LGM-30G Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is an element of the nation's strategic deterrent forces”

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