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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Vandenberg to Launch Nuclear-Capable Missile


On June 22, 2011, the United States plans to launch a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The missile will carry one “unarmed” warhead to a predetermined target in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

The last test of a Minuteman III took place in September 2010. Each test costs tens of millions of dollars.

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