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Air Force

DoD Aims For Minuteman III Test Launch May 21-23

Monday, April 29th, 2013

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The Defense Department is aiming to test launch a Minuteman III ICBM in the window of May 21 to 23, Assistant Defense Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon told the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee April 17. DoD postponed a previous test launch scheduled for earlier this month over tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Creedon also testified that the Minuteman III testing program would “move to the right a little,” or be delayed, due to the previous test’s…

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