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LGM-30

Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Project Big Star2.1

Minuteman I1.1

Minuteman IB

  • LGM-30B

Minuteman II1.1

  • LGM-30F

Minuteman III

  • LGM-30G
    • Mk12 (Mk62)/Mk12A (Mk78)/Mk21 (Mk87)

Boeing subcontracted work to the Thiokol Chemical Corporation, the Hercules Powder Company, and Aerojet-General2.1

(Retrieved from https://www.afnwc.af.mil/About-Us/History/Minuteman-III-50th-Anniversary-Year/)
(Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3200&context=space-congress-proceedings)
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A maintenance crew mating the forward shroud to the aft shroud of the LGM-30G Minuteman III
Backup UHF antenna used to launch missile from plane. Minuteman Missile National Historical Site, South Dakota. (Retrieved from https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2LqutoXIAQNol2?format=jpg&name=medium)
Two civilian technicians look at the under-side of a Minuteman (LGM-30) reentry platform. Platform is mounted on a test stand (Retrieved from https://nara.getarchive.net/media/two-civilian-technicians-look-at-the-underneath-side-of-a-minuteman-lgm-30-dc4939)
Minuteman I/B as part of a STRAT-X proposal for an ICBM to be dropped from a C-5A
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References

  1. Neufeld, J. (1971). USAF Ballistic Missile Programs 1969-1970 (p. 74). Office of Air Force History. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb249/doc06.pdf
    1. p.8 (PDF Page)
  2. Weitze, K. J. (2003). Keeping the Edge: Air Force Materiel Command Cold War Context (1945-1991)—Volume II: Installations and Facilities (H-15 30002238; p. 616). https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA640508.pdf
    1. p.243 (PDF Page)
    2. p.256 (PDF Page)