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land-based ballistic missiles

Missiles on the move: Why US long-range missiles in Germany are just the tip of the iceberg

By Alexander Graef, Tim Thies | Nuclear Weapons

Congress will hold a hearing about the Sentinel missile’s exploding budget, but is it too little, too late?

By Chloe Shrager | Nuclear Weapons

Minuteman III missile in silo

Why the new US ICBMs would be too expensive even if they were free

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

US nuclear forces, 2011

By Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris | Nuclear Notebook