U.S ICBM Minuteman

Specifications
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)

Unit cost:
$7 million

Date deployed:
June 1970, production cessation: December 1978

Inventory:
Active force, 530; Reserve, 0; ANG, 0

Operational Units:
20th Air Force
91st Space Wing, Minot AFB, ND
91st Operations Group
91st Operations Support Squadron
740th Missile Squadron
741st Missile Squadron
742d Missile Squadron
321st Missile Group,Grand Forks AFB, ND
341th Space Wing, Malmstrom AFB, MT
90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, WY





Source: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_3.htm