Editing LGM-30 Minuteman (section)

==== Deployment ====
The Minuteman III missile entered service in 1970, with weapon systems upgrades included during the production run from 1970 to 1978 to increase accuracy and payload capacity. {{As of|2024|06}}, the USAF plans to operate it until the mid-2030s.<ref name="MMIII_Test" />

The [[LGM-118 Peacekeeper|LGM-118A Peacekeeper]] (MX) ICBM, which was to have replaced the Minuteman, was retired in 2005 as part of [[START II]].

A total of 450 LGM-30G missiles are emplaced at [[F.E. Warren Air Force Base]], [[Wyoming]] ([[90th Missile Wing]]), [[Minot Air Force Base]], [[North Dakota]] ([[91st Missile Wing]]), and [[Malmstrom Air Force Base]], [[Montana]] ([[341st Missile Wing]]). All Minuteman I and Minuteman II missiles have been retired. The United States prefers to keep its MIRV deterrents on submarine-launched [[Trident Missile|Trident Nuclear Missiles]]<ref name="2019_Navy_Trident" /> In 2014, the Air Force decided to put fifty Minuteman III silos into "warm" unarmed status, taking up half of the 100 slots in America's allowable nuclear reserve. These can be reloaded in the future if necessary.<ref name="2014_Kirstensen_Obama_Weakens_START" />