US Air Force Carries Out Dramatic Nighttime Minuteman III Test Written 7 November 2024
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An unarmed US Air Force Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in CA at 11:01 p.m. PT on Nov. 5, 2024. | Credit: VideoFromSpace; YouTube; framegrab
Defense News reports, "Air Force Global Strike Command carried out a test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile late Tuesday night. The ICBM, which was equipped with multiple targeted reentry vehicles, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at about 11 p.m. Pacific time. It then flew about 4,200 miles, at roughly 15,000 miles per hour, to a ballistic missile test site in the Marshall Islands’ Kwajalein Atoll."
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US Air Force launches unarmed ICBM (Launch at 0:01 mark)
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