The need for structural materials with high-temperature strength and oxidation resistance coupled with adequate lower-temperature toughness for potential use at temperatures above ϳ1000 ЊC has remained a persistent challenge in materials science. In this work, one promising class of intermetallic alloys is examined, namely, boron-containing molybdenum silicides, with compositions in the range Mo (bal), 12 to 17 at. pct Si, 8.5 at. pct B, processed using both ingot (I/M) and powder (P/M) metallurgy methods. Specifically, the oxidation ("pesting"), fracture toughness, and fatigue-crack propagation resistance of four such alloys, which consisted of ϳ21 to 38 vol. pct ␣ -Mo phase in an intermetallic matrix of Mo 3 Si and Mo 5 SiB 2 (T 2 ), were characterized at temperatures between 25 ЊC and 1300 ЊC. The boron additions were found to confer improved "pest" resistance (at 400 ЊC to 900 ЊC) as compared to unmodified molybdenum silicides, such as Mo 5 Si 3 . Moreover, although the fracture and fatigue properties of the finer-scale P/M alloys were only marginally better than those of MoSi 2 , for the I/M processed microstructures with coarse distributions of the ␣ -Mo phase, fracture toughness properties were far superior, rising from values above 7 MPaΊm at ambient temperatures to almost 12 MPaΊm at 1300 ЊC. Similarly, the fatigue-crack propagation resistance was significantly better than that of MoSi 2 , with fatigue threshold values roughly 70 pct of the toughness, i.e., rising from over 5 MPaΊm at 25 ЊC to ϳ8 MPaΊm at 1300 ЊC. These results, in particular, that the toughness and cyclic crack-growth resistance actually increased with increasing temperature, are discussed in terms of the salient mechanisms of toughening in Mo-Si-B alloys and the specific role of microstructure.