LGM-30 Minuteman III
| Specifications | |
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| Primary function: | Intercontinental ballistic missile |
| Contractor: | Boeing Co. |
| Power plant: | Three solid-propellant rocket motors; first stage, Thiokol; second stage, Aerojet-General; third stage, United Technologies Chemical Systems Division |
| Thrust: | First stage, 202,600 pounds (91,170 kilograms) |
| Length: | 59.9 feet (18 meters) |
| Weight: | 79,432 pounds (32,158 kilograms) |
| Diameter: | 5.5 feet (1.67 meters) |
| Range: | 6,000-plus miles (5,218 nautical miles) |
| Speed: | Approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout |
| Ceiling: | 700 miles (1,120 kilometers) |
| Guidance systems: | Inertial system: Autonetics Division of Rockwell International; ground electronic/security system: Sylvania Electronics Systems and Boeing Co. |
| Load: | Re-entry vehicle: General Electric MK 12 or MK 12A |
| Warheads: | Three (downloaded to one as required by the Washington Summit Agreement, June 1992) |
| Yield: | |
| Circular Error Probable: | 360-foot radius |
| Unit cost: | $7 million |
| Date deployed: | June 1970, production cessation: December 1978 |
| Inventory: | Active force, 530; Reserve, 0; ANG, 0 |
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