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U.S. Air Force Completes Minuteman-3 Study

August 15, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: News

The U.S. Air Force has completed an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) study on maintaining and upgrading Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missiles, reports the September 1 issue of Jane’s Missiles and Rockets. Although the two-year study has not been made public, it reportedly states that a force of 450 Minuteman-3 ICBMs would probably be sustainable beyond 2020 if the missiles were properly maintained and continuously upgraded. Such a system would reduce the necessity for the development of new ICBM systems in the near term. The AoA study is also believed to recommend retrofitting the Minuteman-3 missiles with the improved NS-50 inertial system to improve their accuracy.

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