Minuteman missile program

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Minuteman_missile_program

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	missile program
gptkbp:armsControl	subject to New START Treaty
gptkbp:commandStructure	Air Force Global Strike Command
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentWarhead	gptkb:W87
gptkbp:deployment	gptkb:Colorado gptkb:Missouri gptkb:Montana gptkb:Nebraska gptkb:North_Dakota gptkb:South_Dakota gptkb:Wyoming 1962
gptkbp:enteredService	1962
gptkbp:guidanceSystem	inertial guidance
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first solid-fueled ICBM deployed by the US
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Minuteman missile program
gptkbp:location	various missile silos in the United States
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:Boeing
gptkbp:missionType	gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Glory_Trip_series Operational Test Launches
gptkbp:notableModel	gptkb:LGM-30_Minuteman_I gptkb:LGM-30_Minuteman_II gptkb:LGM-30_Minuteman_III
gptkbp:notableRelease	gptkb:Guidance_Replacement_Program gptkb:Propulsion_Replacement_Program gptkb:Rapid_Execution_and_Combat_Targeting_System_(REACT)
gptkbp:numberDeployed	400 (Minuteman III, as of 2023)
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:payload	Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) (historically)
gptkbp:platform	underground silo
gptkbp:previousWarhead	gptkb:W62
gptkbp:propulsion	solid fuel
gptkbp:purpose	nuclear deterrence
gptkbp:range	over 13,000 km
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:20th_Air_Force gptkb:341st_Missile_Wing gptkb:90th_Missile_Wing gptkb:91st_Missile_Wing
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Atlas_missile_program
gptkbp:replacing	gptkb:Sentinel_missile_program_(planned)
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Sentinel_missile_program_(GBSD)
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:warheadType	thermonuclear
gptkbp:website	gptkb:Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aerojet_Rocketdyne gptkb:Minuteman_patch gptkb:Rockwell_International
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5