🇺🇸🚀📹 — On September 6, 2023, it was reported that the United States Armed Forces conducted a successful test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Air Force Global Strike Command informed.

According to the official statement, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test re-entry vehicles Sept. 6 at 1:26 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

The ICBM's reentry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles (~6760 Km) to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. These test launches verify the accuracy and reliability of the ICBM weapon system, providing valuable data to ensure a continued safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent.

According to the Statement, the test launch is a culmination of months of preparation that involve multiple government partners and is "part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States’ nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter twenty-first century threats and reassure its allies"

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