US Air Force test-launches unarmed missile from California | Inquirer News

US Air Force test-launches unarmed missile from California

/ 10:03 AM August 20, 2015

Missile Test

In this photo provided by the US Air Force, an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile launches on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. AP

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California—The US Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile was launched from California in a test of the intercontinental ballistic missile system.

The missile blasted off at 3:03 a.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the coast northwest of Los Angeles.

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The Air Force says the missile carried a test re-entry vehicle that hit a target area 4,200 miles (6,750 kilometers) away near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Wing commander, said in a statement that such tests are a validation of US defensive capabilities.

The test involved personnel from Vandenberg’s 576th Flight Test Squadron and 30th Space Wing.

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