{"id":47499,"date":"2021-08-11T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/11\/another-icbm-test-successful-air-force-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:55:46","slug":"another-icbm-test-successful-air-force-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2021\/08\/11\/another-icbm-test-successful-air-force-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Another ICBM test successful, Air Force says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen of Air Force Global Strike Command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/10\/29\/watch-a-test-launch-of-a-minuteman-3-icbm\/\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 12:53 Pacific Time Wenesday morning, the Air Force said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While stripped of its nuclear payload for the launch, the ICBM contained conventional explosives aboard a Hi-Fidelity Joint Test Assembly re-entry vehicle, which successfully detonated above the water\u2019s surface near Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, some 4,200 miles from the launch site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday\u2019s test launch is just one example of how our nation\u2019s ICBM fleet demonstrates operational readiness and reliability of the weapon system. It also allows us to showcase the amazing level of competence and capability of our Airmen,\u201d Col. Omar Colbert, Commander of the 576th Flight Test Squadron, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense officials were careful to stress that the test was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/05\/05\/air-force-aborts-test-launch-of-unarmed-minuteman-iii-nuclear-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">routine<\/a>, taking months to plan rather than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2015\/03\/23\/air-force-test-launches-minuteman-missile-from-vandenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\">response<\/a> to tensions in the region or around the world. Overall, officials said the Air Force periodically tests the Minuteman 3 to demonstrate the weapons system\u2019s capability and gather data. The Defense Department, Energy Department, and US Strategic Air Command use the data collected to further force development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTest launches are not a response or reaction to world events or regional tensions,\u201d said Lt. Col. Aaron Boudreau, Task Force commander said. \u201cThe launch calendars are built five years in advance, and planning for each individual launch begins six months to a year prior to launch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conducting the launch were airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, and 91st Missile Wing at Minot. These airmen fall under Air Force Global Strike Command, headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana. AFGSC is not only responsible for the nation\u2019s ICBM fleet but also its strategic bomber fleet of B-52, B-1, and B-2 wings, effectively housing two of the three nuclear triad\u2019s \u201clegs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. nuclear enterprise is the cornerstone of the security structure of the free world,\u201d Colbert said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, the first iteration of the Minuteman ICBM became operational in the early 1960s. 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