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United States:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Air Force Test Fires Minuteman III ICBMFrom Friday, June 7, 2002 issue.
An unarmed Minuteman III ICBM was successfully launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to the U.S. Air Force (see GSN, June 3).
The Minuteman III was launched toward the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean and delivered three re-entry vehicles to targets there, according to the Associated Press. The test was part of the Force Development Evaluation Program, which tests U.S. missile launch systems (Associated Press, June 7).
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