The Minuteman III replacement team must transition 20 launch facilities -- each loaded with an in-silo missile and deployed with a legacy reentry vehicle and warhead -- to achieve initial operational capability on the new intercontinental ballistic missile system in fiscal year 2029. The previously unreported IOC milestone requirements for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent were included in a program report, obtained by Inside Defense , the Air Force sent lawmakers in May to comply with the Fiscal Year...
