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(U.S. Defense Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This story was updated Sept. 7, 2022, at 9:56 a.m. EST.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile at 1:13 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minuteman III took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, with the base confirming the test of the Air Force Global Strike Command weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Farrah Kaufmann with the base\u2019s public affairs team, the ICBM was equipped with three test reentry vehicles, and the weapon traveled 4,200 miles at more than 15,000 mph to a test range at the Kwajalein Atoll near the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Original story:<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Air Force plans to conduct a test launch of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/08\/04\/pentagon-again-delays-nuclear-missile-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> early Wednesday morning, the Pentagon announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokesman Brig. 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