The U.S. Air Force releases on Friday, July 29, 2016, an RFP (Request For Proposals) to replace the LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile and the nuclear cruise missile as the military moves ahead with a costly modernization of its aging atomic weapons systems.
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| LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM is stored in hardened silos. Image courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Bob Wickley, US Air Force. |