Why Visit the Minuteman Missile Site. I didn’t know what to expect when I visited the Minuteman Missile Site. My husband ...

The Minuteman III missile was unarmed when it launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the military said. The missile traveled 15,000 miles per hour to a test site in the ...

The launch of the Sputnik satellite by the Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957, shocked Americans and triggered a debate over the “missile gap,” a perceived Soviet superiority.