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AFGSC Conducts Test of Unarmed Minuteman III

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AFGSC Conducts Test of Unarmed Minuteman III
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. during an operational test at 1 a.m. Pacific Time on Feb. 19 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said on Wednesday that it conducted a routine, reliability flight test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at 1 a.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. As in previous tests, the reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll. In November, the Department of the Air Force conducted a test of…

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