U.S. Air Force Tests Unarmed ICBM

The U.S. Air Force yesterday conducted a successful test flight of an unarmed Minuteman 3 ICBM, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, July 18).

Fake warheads fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 3:14 a.m. flew 4,200 miles to a water target near the Marshall Islands. The flight was used to test the reliability and accuracy of the missile.

Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the test firing was postponed due to a power outage at a radar facility that guides flights in and out of Southern California. (Associated Press/Sun-Sentinel, July 20).

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