Air Force to launch unarmed nuclear missile from Vandenberg

Unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launched From Vandenberg Space Force Base
A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Vandenberg Space Force Base Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle Feb.
Air Force launches unarmed nuclear missile from Vandenberg overnight, lands near Marshall Islands
Californians were able to look to the sky to see an unarmed missile as the Air Force launched the Minuteman III from Vandenberg base.
Unarmed Minuteman III missile to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base will test launch an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ballistic missile Tuesday or Wednesday night. The ballistic missile is scheduled to launch between 11:01 p.
Vandenberg Space Force Base plans a Minuteman III test launch
The test will launch an unarmed Minuteman III missile, of which 400 are in service at bases in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota, according to the Air Force. Weighing nearly 40 tons and propelled by three solid-fuel rocket motors, the missile travels at speeds reaching 15,000 miles per hour.
U.S. Air Force test-launches nuclear-capable, hypersonic Minuteman III ICBM
The U.S. Air Force demonstrated the nation's nuclear readiness by launching an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Wednesday morning.
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Missile Blasts Off for Test Launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base
A Minuteman III missile, equipped with a mock warhead, loudly popped out of its underground silo at Vandenberg Space Force Base early Wednesday morning
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Unarmed missile launched from Vandenberg in nuclear readiness test
In a move meant to showcase and test the United States nuclear forces’ readiness, military officials plan to launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California next week.
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