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Friday, November 07, 2008

Vandenberg officials launch Minuteman III missile

Vandenberg Air Force Base officials launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly at 1 a.m. PST Nov. 5 here.

The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy.

The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,190 miles to the predetermined target near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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  1. Anonymous8/11/08 04:20

    I certainly hope other countries are watching. This is not just a lauch of an ICBM, but the launch of a highly modified and precision weapon. Not likely to fail or miss its target. I'm sure other capabilities are inherant in the missle such as decoys and jammers. These missles have been continuesly upgraded and refined to a point that no other nation has anything close. While some would say close doesn't count with nukes, I would say yes it does, especially in an age of deep, heavily fortified underground bunkers.

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