US conducts test launch of Minuteman III ICBM missile equipped with reentry vehicle

On February 9, 2023, at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, a team of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III InterContinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) equipped with a test reentry vehicle. Read full Defense News at this link ...
A team of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 P.M. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States' nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter twenty-first-century threats and reassure allies. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Landon Gunsauls)

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