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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Minuteman 3 blasts off


Fifteen people protesting nuclear weapons were arrested for trespassing early Saturday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, where a Minuteman 3 missile that blasted out its silo became the West Coast’s first launch of 2012.

The unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile launched at 2:46 a.m. from an underground silo on North Base.

Liftoff occurred about 45 minutes later than planned due to unfavorable weather at Vandenberg, Air Force officials said.

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