United States successfully test flight of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
The U.S. currently has about 450 Minuteman III missiles in its arsenal.
The US is currently estimated to have some 450 Minuteman IIIs in its arsenal.
In 1965, Antonetics developed the D-17B, this computer used in the Minuteman Missile Guidance System.
Since 2005, the Minuteman iii missiles remain the only weapon of its class,
used with ground launchers.
An early mass-produced embedded system was the Autonetics D-17 guidance computer for the Minuteman missile, released in 1961.
In 1965, Autonetics, now a part of Boeing, developed the D-17B,
the computer used in the Minuteman I missile guidance system.
Therefore, despite the age of the project as a whole, modern icbms Minuteman iii can be considered direct
competitors of the latest Russian missiles.
When the Minuteman II went into production in 1966,
the D-17 was replaced with a new computer that was the first high-volume use of integrated circuits.
That had been fitted with the devices, such as ones in the Minuteman Silos, were installed under the close scrutiny of Robert McNamara,
JFK's Secretary of Defence.
A slightly more familiar version to those of us today is also one of the earlier known versions,
generally credited to Harvard sophomore and American Minuteman Edward Bangs:.
Other programs she supported include Space Station, Lunar and Mars Base studies, Inertial Upper Stage, Advanced Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Get-Away Specials,
Air Launched Cruise Missile, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper.