{"id":1891,"date":"2019-05-11T18:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2019-05-12T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T15:41:25","slug":"us-air-force-test-launches-2nd-unarmed-icbm-this-month-from-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1891","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force test launches 2nd unarmed ICBM this month from Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California in the second such test this month. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Thursday May 9, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Photo by USAF Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie\/Vandenberg Air Force Base via AP)<\/p><\/div>\n

A Minutemen 3 missile roared out of a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, carrying a test reentry vehicle.<\/p>\n

The Global Strike Command says in a press release that the reentry vehicle traveled 4,200 miles (6,759 kilometers) over the Pacific to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n

The US Air Force says tests verify the accuracy of the system, demonstrate a robust nuclear deterrent but are not a reaction to world events.<\/p>\n

A similar launch was conducted May 1 at Vandenberg on the coast northwest of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Both launches were conducted by airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: The Associated Press \u2013 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. | 10 May 2019<\/p>\n

Adams Barret<\/strong><\/a> (USA<\/a> XairForces <\/strong><\/a>Editor)
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