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Air Force Launched Midnight-Hour Minuteman III Test With Joint Test Assembly

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Air Force Launched Midnight-Hour Minuteman III Test With Joint Test Assembly
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:53 Pacific Time Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Michael Peterson

The Air Force on Wednesday morning launched a non-nuclear Minuteman III missile, carrying what the service called a “high-fidelity joint test assembly,” from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Air Force announced the early-morning launch in a press release. Supporting the test launch from the West Coast were Air Force personnel from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, and the 91st Missile…

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