Ace in the hole: Malmstrom's Minuteman missile program put Montana on firing line

The launch of the Sputnik satellite by the Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957, shocked Americans and triggered a debate over the “missile gap,” a perceived Soviet superiority.

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