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Air Force Conducts Minuteman III Test Launch

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

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A team from the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., according to an AFGSC press release. The missile was equipped with a “single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-entry Vehicle,” the release said. The re-entry vehicle traveled around 4,200 miles from the Vandenberg base to a test site in the Marshall Islands. The test launch was overseen by Vandenberg’s 377th Test and…

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