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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Missile test launch set for Thursday from VAFB

[Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile]Vandenberg Air Force Base is set to test another unarmed Minuteman 3 missile early Thursday morning, the second in less than a week from the Central Coast.

The weapon is scheduled to blast out of its underground silo on North Base during a six-hour window that will open at 2:01 a.m., officials said.

The Air Force will track the weapon’s dummy warhead as it travels some 4,200 miles southwest of the base to a predetermined target in the central Pacific Ocean.

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