Tuesday, February 1, 2011

February 1, 1961: U.S. Launches Its First Test of the Minuteman I Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first test of the Minuteman I.

For more information about this technology, check out these sites:

Factsheets: "Minuteman I" ICBM
Hill Air Force Base

Spaceflight: Ballistic Missile Defense
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission

Factsheets: LGM-30 Minuteman III
Vandenberg Air Force Base

Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons: 1950-1980
U.S. Department of Defense


Sonnet Ireland
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

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