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Air Force Tests Unarmed ICBM Reentry Vehicle

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Air Force Tests Unarmed ICBM Reentry Vehicle
Pictured is a U.S. Space Force photo of the fourth and final stage of a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket being secured at Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. on March 23 for the Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program 29A (STP-S29A) launch.

The Air Force tested an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle Oct. 9, launching it aboard a Minotaur I rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., as part of the vehicle’s development. The flight was an in-flight environmental test supporting development of the Mk21A, a new reentry vehicle that the Air Force plans to integrate onto a future Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the service said in a press release. Lockheed Martin [LMT] is currently under contract for the Mk21A’s engineering and…

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