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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Minuteman 3 blasts off

Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missileIn the first of three launches planned within eight days from Vandenberg Air Force Base, an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile blasted out of its underground silo — and into fog — Friday morning.

The intercontinental ballistic missile launched at 3:03 a.m. from North Base, and the military tracked the lone re-entry vehicle as it traveled some 5,300 miles to a predetermined target in the Pacific Ocean, about 200 miles from Guam.

Friday’s path for the “extended range” flight was about 1,000 miles longer than the typical Minuteman 3 test. It also employed a crew aboard an aircraft, with the Airborne Launch Control System, to send the blastoff command.

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