Editing LGM-30 Minuteman (section)

=== Citations ===
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<ref name="FAS_LGM-30-3">{{cite web |url = https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/minuteman-iii |title = Minuteman III |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2018-06-15 |website= csis.org |publisher= [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |language= en |access-date= 2021-03-26 |ref= FAS_LGM-30-3 }}</ref>

<ref name="FAS_LGM-30-1">{{cite web |url= https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_1.htm |title= LGM-30A/B Minuteman I |last= Pike |first= John |date= 1997-05-29 |website= fas.org |publisher= [[Federation of American Scientists]] |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181228044525/https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_1.htm |archive-date= 2018-12-28 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |ref= FAS_LGM-30-1}}</ref>

<!-- <ref name="FAS_LGM-30-2">{{cite web |url= https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_2.htm |title= LGM-30F Minuteman II |last1= Kristensen |first1= Hans |author-link= Hans M. Kristensen |last2= Godsberg |first2= Alicia |date= 1997 |website= fas.org |publisher= [[Federation of American Scientists]] |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170315021505/https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_2.htm |archive-date= 2017-03-15 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |ref= FAS_LGM-30-2}}</ref> -->

<ref name="CSIS-UCC">{{cite web |url= https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/110921_Bott7.pdf?QE1GOaVP6URpu05HdpkqzDy0HtHWAWEF |title= Unique and Complementary Characteristics of the U.S. ICBM and SLBM Weapon Systems |last= Bott |first= Mitch |date= 2009-09-21 |website= csis.org |publisher= [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |page= 76 |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191122215408/https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/110921_Bott7.pdf?QE1GOaVP6URpu05HdpkqzDy0HtHWAWEF |archive-date= 2019-11-22 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |quote= The name of the Minuteman missile refers to the ability to launch the missile within minutes after receipt of a valid launch order |ref= CSIS-UCC}}</ref>

<ref name="CSIS-2009">{{cite web |url= https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/090827_unique_characteristics_icbm_slbm_systems.pdf |title= Discussion of the Unique and Complementary Characteristics of the ICBM and SLBM Weapon Systems |last1= Bott |first1= Mitch |last2= Griffin |first2= Chris |last3= Gupta |first3= Shalini |last4= Jeffery |first4= Jared |last5= Schilling |first5= Troy |last6= Suarez |first6= Vivian |date= 2009-08-06 |website= csis.org |publisher= [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |page= 5 |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191122220835/https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/110921_Bott7.pdf?QE1GOaVP6URpu05HdpkqzDy0HtHWAWEF |archive-date= 2019-11-22 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |quote= Missiles can be launched within minutes after receipt of order |ref= CSIS-2009}}</ref>

<ref name="NWA19971007">{{cite web |url= http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Mmiii.html |title= The Minuteman III ICBM |date= 1997-10-07 |website= nuclearweaponarchive.org |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190814125004/http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Mmiii.html |archive-date= 2019-08-14 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |quote= The Minuteman III was the world's first MIRV'ed ICBM. A MIRV (multiple independent re-entry vehicles) permits each missile to carry multiple warheads, and direct each one at a separate target. |ref= NWA19971007}}</ref>

<ref name="2009_Norris">{{cite journal |last1= Norris |first1= Robert S. |last2= Kristensen |first2= Hans M. |author-link2= Hans M. Kristensen |date= 2015-11-27 |title= U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2009 |journal= [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] |language= en |publisher= [[Taylor & Francis]] |volume= 65 |issue= 2 |pages= 59–69 |doi= 10.2968/065002008 |issn= 0096-3402 |eissn= 1938-3282 |lccn= 48034039 |oclc= 470268256 |quote= This reduction is in line with the 1994 Nuclear Posture Review that established the goal of an ICBM force of "450/500 Minuteman III missiles, each carrying a single warhead," though the air force was not ordered to implement the decision until the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review. |ref= 2009_Norris|doi-access= free }}</ref>

<ref name="USState_Start">{{cite web |url= https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AVC-03012019.pdf |title= New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2019-03-01 |website= state.gov |publisher= [[United States Department of State]] |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190805141017/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AVC-03012019.pdf |archive-date= 2019-08-05 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |ref= USState_Start}}</ref>

<ref name="irconnect1">{{cite press release |url= https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/photo-release-northrop-grumman-air-force-complete-guidance-upgrade-installations-on-minuteman-iii-icbms |title= Photo Release – Northrop Grumman/Air Force Complete Guidance Upgrade Installations On Minuteman III ICBMs |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2008-03-11 |website= northropgrumman.com |publisher= [[Northrop Grumman]] |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191102192248/https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/photo-release-northrop-grumman-air-force-complete-guidance-upgrade-installations-on-minuteman-iii-icbms |archive-date= 2019-11-02 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-22 |via= [[GlobeNewswire|Prime Newswire]] |quote= The MGS was installed by the 20th Air Force onto a Minuteman III missile at Minot Air Force Base, N.D in January. Today, the entire force of 450 land-based ICBMs is converted to the modernized MGS, known as NS50. |ref= irconnect1}}</ref>

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<ref name="2014_RAND">{{cite book |last1= Caston |first1= Lauren |last2= Leonard |first2= Robert S. |last3= Mouton |first3= Christopher A. |last4= Ohlandt |first4= Chad J. R. |last5= Moore |first5= S. Craig |last6= Conley |first6= Raymond E. |last7= Buchan |first7= Glenn |display-authors= 5 |date= 2014 |chapter= Chapter One – Roles of Strategic Nuclear Forces|title= The Future of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force |chapter-url= https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/MG1200/MG1210/RAND_MG1210.pdf |language= en |publisher= [[RAND Corporation]] |page= 1 |isbn= {{Format ISBN|978-0833076236}} |oclc= 904313732 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190720213249/https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/MG1200/MG1210/RAND_MG1210.pdf |archive-date= 2019-07-20 |access-date= 2019-11-22 |quote= Ongoing DoD Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs) hope to enable Minuteman III (MM III), in service since the 1970s, to serve until approximately 2030. |ref= 2014_RAND}}</ref>-->

<ref name="1990_MacKenzie">{{cite book |last1= MacKenzie |first1= Donald |author-link1= Donald Angus MacKenzie |date= 1990 |title= Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QymEXZIWEe8C&pg=PP1 |url-status= live |language= en |edition= 1st |publisher= [[MIT Press]] |isbn= 978-0-262-13258-9 |lccn= 90005915 |oclc= 1068009953 |ol= OL1854178M |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191122195156/https://books.google.com/books?id=QymEXZIWEe8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780262631471&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7qIjUyv7lAhVKJt8KHU5tBPkQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg |archive-date= 2019-11-22 |access-date= 2019-11-22 |ref= 1990_MacKenzie}}</ref>

<ref name="Maugh">{{cite news | last1= Maugh II | first1= Thomas H. | date= 2006-01-18 | title= Edward N. Hall, 91; Rocket Pioneer Seen as the Father of Minuteman ICBM (obituary ) | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-18-me-hall18-story.html | url-status= live | work= [[Los Angeles Times]] | language= en | issn= 0458-3035 | eissn= 2165-1736 | oclc= 3638237 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191123034037/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-18-me-hall18-story.html | archive-date= 2019-11-23 | access-date= 2019-11-22 | ref= Maugh}}</ref>

<ref name="2001Teller">{{cite book |last1= Teller |first1= Edward |author-link1= Edward Teller |last2= Shoolery |first2= Judith |date= 2001 |title= Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics |url= https://archive.org/details/memoirstwentieth0000tell/page/420 |language= en |edition= 1st |location= [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] |publisher= [[Perseus Books Group|Perseus Publishing]] |pages= [https://archive.org/details/memoirstwentieth0000tell/page/420 420–421] |isbn= 978-0-7382-0532-8 |oclc= 879383489 |ol= OL7899496M |access-date= 2019-11-22 |via= [[Internet Archive]] |url-access= registration |ref= 2001Teller }}</ref>

<ref name="2010_Yengst">{{cite book |last1= Yengst |first1= William |date= 2010 |title= Lightning Bolts: First Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lN0w6X0PG3QC&pg=PA1 |url-status= live |language= en |publisher= [[Tate Publishing & Enterprises]] |isbn= 978-1-61566-547-1 |oclc= 758343698 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191122202246/https://books.google.com/books?id=lN0w6X0PG3QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9781615665471&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis9bue0f7lAhUDUK0KHdglBPIQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg |archive-date= 2019-11-22 |access-date= 2019-11-22 |ref= 2010_Yengst}}{{unreliable source?|date=November 2019}}{{Self-published source|reason=WP:RSSELF|date=November 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="2008_Kaplan">{{cite book |last1= Kaplan |first1= Fred |date= 2008-12-01 |chapter= Chapter 3: Chasing Silver Bullets |title= Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/daydreambeliever00kapl |language= en |edition= 1st |publisher= [[Wiley (publisher)|John Wiley & Sons, Inc.]] |page= 81 |isbn= 978-0-470-12118-4 |oclc= 166873182 |ol= OL10279632M |access-date= 2019-11-23 |via= [[Internet Archive]] |chapter-url-access= registration |ref= 2008_Kaplan}}</ref>

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<ref name="2010_Brookings">{{cite book |last1= Bush |first1= Richard C. |author-link1= Richard C. Bush |last2= Felbab-Brown |first2= Vanda |author-link2= Vanda Felbab-Brown |last3= Indyk |first3= Martin S. |author-link3= Martin Indyk |last4= O'Hanlon |first4= Michael E. |author-link4= Michael E. O'Hanlon |last5= Pifer |first5= Steven |author-link5= Steven Pifer |last6= Pollack |first6= Kenneth M. |author-link6= Kenneth M. Pollack |date= 2010 |chapter= Chapter 4: Deterring Nuclear Attack on the United States and Declaratory Policy |title= U.S. Nuclear and Extended Deterrence: Considerations and Challenges |chapter-url= https://www.brookings.edu/research/u-s-nuclear-and-extended-deterrence-considerations-and-challenges/ |url-status= live |series= Arms Control Series |language= en |publisher= [[Brookings Institution]] |page= 14 |oclc= 649066155 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190814052147/https://www.brookings.edu/research/u-s-nuclear-and-extended-deterrence-considerations-and-challenges/ |archive-date= 2019-08-14 |access-date= 2019-11-23 |quote= The White House said in May that, under the treaty, the United States would deploy up to 420 Minuteman III ICBMs, up to 60 nuclear-capable heavy bombers, and 14 ballistic missile submarines, each with 20 launchers (reduced from 24 launchers). The U.S. Navy would deploy 240 Trident D-5 SLBMs (two Trident submarines typically are in longterm maintenance and have no SLBMs on board). |ref= 2010_Brookings}}</ref>

<ref name="2009_Triad">{{cite web |url= http://secure.afa.org/Mitchell/reports/MP5_Triad_1209.pdf |title= TRIAD, DYAD, MONAD? Shaping the US Nuclear Force for the Future  |last1= Johnson |first1= Dana J. |last2= Bowie |first2= Christopher J. |last3= Haffa |first3= Robert P. |date= 2009-01-12 |website= afa.org |publisher= [[Air Force Association]] |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019133727/http://www.northropgrumman.com/AboutUs/AnalysisCenter/Documents/pdfs/triad-monograph.pdf |archive-date= 2016-10-19 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-23 |quote= ...we conclude that the US Department of Defense should pursue an ICBM/SLBM Dyad as it moves to reshape its nuclear force posture at lower warhead levels. Essentially, the US is already moving in this direction: the ICBMs and SLBMs remain robust, with modernization scheduled and funded, but the aging [[Air-launched cruise missile|ALCM]] calls into question the value of 28 the B-52 fleet, while the modernized but very small B-2 force is assuming a niche role. In short, the United States will soon field a de facto nuclear Dyad. |ref= 2009_Triad}}</ref>

<ref name="bbthmj">{{cite news | author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date= 1961-02-01 | title= U.S. scores third major space success | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wlFYAAAAIBAJ&pg=1316%2C5667052 | work= [[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bend Bulletin]] | language= en | volume= 58 | issue= 49 | agency= [[United Press International]] | access-date= 2019-11-23 | via= [[Google News Archive]] | quote= The Air Force today fires a Minuteman intercontinental missile to a target 4,200 miles down the Atlantic Range in a successful 'go for broke' test of the new rocket. | ref= bbthmj}}</ref>

<ref name="mmmfs61">{{cite news | author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date= 1961-02-02 | title= Minuteman Missile Fired Successfully | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SoNfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1733%2C111630 | work= [[Lewiston Morning Tribune]] | language= en | agency= [[Associated Press]] | access-date= 2019-11-23 | via= [[Google News Archive]] | quote= The United States took a giant step toward pushbutton warfare capability Wednesday when a Minuteman missile streaked 4,000 miles down the Atlantic Range in a spectacularly successful first flight test. | ref= mmmfs61}}</ref>

<ref name="6555th">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://fas.org/spp/military/program/6555th/6555c3-8.htm |chapter=Ch. III §8: The 6555th's Role in the Development of Ballistic Missiles |title=The 6555th: Missile and Space Launches Through 1970 |last= Cleary |first= Mark C. |type=Monograph |publisher= [[Federation of American Scientists]] |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171107220643/https://fas.org/spp/military/program/6555th/6555c3-8.htm |archive-date= 2017-11-07 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-23 |quote= As work on Silos 31 and 32 neared completion, the first Minuteman  I test missile was launched from Pad 31 on 1 February 1961. The flight was highly successful, and it set a record for being the first launch operation in which all stages of a multi-staged missile were tested on the very first test flight of an R&D program. |ref= 6555th}}</ref>

<ref name="lmtpit">{{cite news | author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date= 1961-11-18 | title= Minuteman Fired From Pit in Major Missile Success | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7MpeAAAAIBAJ&pg=2558%2C2787289 | work= [[Lewiston Morning Tribune]] | language= en | agency= [[Associated Press]] | access-date= 2019-11-24 | via= [[Google News Archive]] | quote= Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – A Minuteman missile sprang from a pit Friday and streaked 3,000 miles in a major success which gave the United States a big boost towards pushbutton war capability. | ref= lmtpit}}</ref>

<ref name="1996_dtic">{{cite book |last1= Lonnquest |first1= John C. |last2= Winkler |first2= David F. |date= 1996 |title= To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program |url= https://apps.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA337549 |url-status= live |language= en |publisher=Department of Defense |via=[[Defense Technical Information Center]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190417013829/https://apps.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA337549 |archive-date= 2019-04-17 |access-date= 2019-11-24 |ref= 1996_dtic}}</ref>

<ref name="2009_Polmar">{{cite book |last1= Polmar |first1= Norman |author-link1= Norman Polmar |last2= Norris |first2= Robert S. |date= 2009 |title= The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal: A History of Weapons and Delivery Systems since 1945 |language= en |edition= 1st |publisher= [[Naval Institute Press]] |isbn= 978-1-55750-681-8 |lccn= 2008054725 |oclc= 602923650 |ol= OL22843826M |ref= 2009_Polmar}}</ref>

<ref name="1963_Bowman">{{cite book |last1= Bowman |first1= Norman J. |date= 1957 |title= The Handbook of Rockets and Guided Missiles |language= en |edition= 1st |publisher= Perastadion Press |page= 346 |asin= B0006EUOOW |lccn= a57002355 |oclc= 1091297332 |ol= OL212166M |ref= 1963_Bowman}}</ref>

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<ref name="2014_Isaacson">{{cite book |last1= Isaacson |first1= Walter |author-link1= Walter Isaacson |date= 2014 |title= The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution |language= en |edition= First |publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]] |page= 181 |isbn= 978-1-4767-0869-0 |lccn= 2014021391 |oclc= 971413864 |ol= OL25643817M |ref= 2014_Isaacson |title-link= The Innovators (book) }}</ref>

<ref name="1964_microsemi">{{cite magazine | author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date= 1964-02-03 | title= Integrated Circuits Improving In Quality, Dropping in Cost | url= https://archive.org/details/missilesrockets1419unse | magazine= missiles and rockets – The Weekly of Space System Engineering | language= en | volume= 14 | issue= 5 | publisher= American Aviation Publications | page= [https://archive.org/details/missilesrockets1419unse/page/61 61] | access-date= 2019-11-24 | via= [[Internet Archive]] | quote= Molecular packaging of integrated circuits has been suggested by Microsemiconductor Corp. This would involve the same process the company uses for diodes it supplies to the ''Improved Minuteman'' program. | ref= 1964_microsemi}}</ref>

<ref name="usa-archive">{{cite web |url= http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html |title= Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2006-10-14 |website= nuclearweaponarchive.org |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191111173916/http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html |archive-date= 2019-11-11 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-24 |quote= Minuteman III/Mk-12 RV warhead; remaining W-62s part of U.S. 'enduring stockpile', but will be removed from active service under START II (to be replaced by W-88s) |ref= usa-archive}}</ref>

<ref name="gwu.edu">{{cite web |url= https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//nsa/NC/mirv/mirv.html |title=Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs) |website=George Washington University |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190915054553/https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//nsa/NC/mirv/mirv.html |archive-date= 2019-09-15 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-24}}</ref>

<ref name="2012_Pampe">{{cite press release |last1= Pampe |first1= Carla |date= 2012-10-25 |title= Life Extension Programs modernize ICBMs |url= https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/110241/life-extension-programs-modernize-icbms/ |url-status= live |language= en |location= [[Barksdale Air Force Base|Barksdale AFB, La.]] |publisher=[[Air Force Public Affairs Agency]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190710143354/https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/110241/life-extension-programs-modernize-icbms/ |archive-date= 2019-07-10 |access-date= 2019-11-24 |quote= 'We are checking and balancing everything, but they are basically new missiles except for the shell,' said Michael Knipp, ICBM program analyst. 'Over the last decade we've done more than $7 billion worth of upgrades to 450 missiles.' |ref= 2012_Pampe}}</ref>

<ref name="NWA20010901">{{cite web |url= http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W78.html |title= The W-78 Warhead – Intermediate Yield Strategic ICBM MIRV Warhead |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2001-09-01 |website= nuclearweaponarchive.org |language= en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190801160546/http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W78.html |archive-date= 2019-08-01 |url-status= live |access-date= 2019-11-24 |quote= Initial deployment in December 1979, replacing W-62s already deployed on Minuteman IIIs. Deployment completed in February 1983. |ref= NWA20010901}}</ref>

<ref name="2006_ATK">{{cite press release |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2006-02-27 |title= ATK Awarded Follow-on Options Worth $541 Million for Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program |url= http://atk.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=392 |language= en |location= [[Minneapolis]] |publisher= [[Alliant Techsystems]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080527152805/http://atk.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=392 |archive-date= 2008-05-27 |access-date= 2019-11-24 |quote= Minneapolis, February 27, 2006 – Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received contract options worth $541 million from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) to refurbish components and replace propellant on Minuteman III Stage 1, 2 and 3 rocket motors. |ref= 2006_ATK}}</ref>

<ref name="2017_Kuehn">{{cite magazine | last1 = Kuehn | first1 = Cory | date = 2017-03-01 | title = ALCS 50th Anniversary: Celebrating a Proud Heritage | url = http://afmissileers.com/Mar17.pdf | magazine = Air Force Missileers – The Quarterly Newsletter of the Association of Air Force Missileers | language = en-us | volume = 25 | issue = 1 | publisher = Association of Air Force Missileers | pages = 13&ndash;16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170702014829/http://afmissileers.com/Mar17.pdf | archive-date = 2017-07-02 | access-date = 2019-12-11 | ref = 2017_Kuehn}}</ref>

<ref name="2017_ABNCP">{{cite web |url = http://www.stratcom.mil/Media/Factsheets/Factsheet-View/Article/960928/e-6b-airborne-command-post-abncp/ | title = E-6B Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date = 2017-03-14 |website=[[United States Strategic Command]] | language = en | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143950/http://www.stratcom.mil/Media/Factsheets/Factsheet-View/Article/960928/e-6b-airborne-command-post-abncp/ | archive-date = 2017-04-20 | access-date = 2019-12-11 | quote = The airborne launch control system (ALCS) officer is the missile launch team leader and, along with the operations officer, operates the ALCS. This system allows Looking Glass to transmit launch codes to the intercontinental ballistic missiles in their underground silos should ground launch control centers become disabled. It qualifies the aircraft as a weapon system even though Looking Glass itself cannot fire a bullet or drop a bomb. The ALCS officer is also the intelligence planner and briefs the entire battle staff on current intelligence matters, develops threat assessments, and identifies emerging threats to the United States. | ref = 2017_ABNCP}}</ref>

<ref name="MMIII_Test">{{cite web | url=https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3796566/minuteman-iii-test-launch-showcases-readiness-of-us-nuclear-forces-safe-effecti/ | title=Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of US nuclear force's safe, effective deterr | date=4 June 2024 }}</ref>

<ref name="2019_Navy_Trident">{{cite web | url = https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=1400&ct=2 | title = Trident II (D5) Missile  | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date = 2019-05-15 |website=[[United States Navy]] | language = en | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191113213305/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=1400&ct=2 | archive-date = 2019-11-13 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2019-12-11}}</ref>

<ref name="2014_Kirstensen_Obama_Weakens_START">{{cite web | url = https://fas.org/blogs/security/2014/04/newstartsilos/ | title = Obama Administration Decision Weakens New START Implementation | last = Kristensen | first = Hans M. | author-link = Hans M. Kristensen | date = 2014-04-09 | website = fas.org | publisher = [[Federation of American Scientists]] | language = en | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171007034145/https://fas.org/blogs/security/2014/04/newstartsilos/ | archive-date = 2017-10-07 | url-status = live | access-date = 2019-12-11 | quote = After four years of internal deliberations, the U.S. Air Force has decided to empty 50 Minuteman III ICBMs from 50 of the nation's 450 ICBM silos. Instead of destroying the empty silos, however, they will be kept "warm" to allow reloading the missiles in the future if necessary. The decision to retain the silos rather than destroy them is in sharp contrast to the destruction of 100 empty silos currently underway at Malmstrom AFB and F.E. Warren AFB. Those silos were emptied of Minuteman and MX ICBMs in 2005–2008 by the Bush administration and are scheduled to be destroyed by 2016. | ref = 2014_Kirstensen_Obama_Weakens_START }}</ref>
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