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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Minuteman 3 launch a success


The second test this year of an unarmed Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base launched successfully early Wednesday morning.

The Minuteman 3 missile, equipped with a simulated warhead, blasted out of an underground silo on North Base at 3:07 a.m.

“Today, Team Vandenberg and our mission partners’ teamwork delivered another successful launch from America’s West Coast spaceport,” said Col. Brent McArthur, 30th Space Wing vice commander. “The men and women of Team V, Air Force Global Strike Command and other mission partners worked tirelessly to provide safe and accurate operations.”

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