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Latest Unarmed Minuteman III Test One of More Than 300 So Far, AFGSC Says

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Latest Unarmed Minuteman III Test One of More Than 300 So Far, AFGSC Says
Pictured is a test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 1:26 a.m. Pacific Time (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command and the U.S. Space Force's 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Boeing [BA] Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with three test re-entry vehicles on Sept. 6 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in what AFGSC said has been a long line of more than 300 launches to verify the reliability of the U.S. ICBM fleet. "The ICBM's reentry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall…

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