{"id":8358,"date":"2024-11-06T21:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/06\/watch-the-us-air-force-carry-out-dramatic-nighttime-minuteman-iii-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:45:37","slug":"watch-the-us-air-force-carry-out-dramatic-nighttime-minuteman-iii-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/video\/2024\/11\/06\/watch-the-us-air-force-carry-out-dramatic-nighttime-minuteman-iii-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the US Air Force carry out dramatic nighttime Minuteman III test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Global Strike Command carried out a test of an unarmed Minuteman III <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2024\/03\/28\/northrop-says-air-force-design-changes-drove-higher-sentinel-icbm-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\">intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICBM, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/training-sim\/2024\/06\/06\/us-test-fires-two-unarmed-minuteman-iii-ballistic-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">which was equipped with multiple targeted reentry vehicles<\/a>, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at about 11 p.m. Pacific time. 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The missile was selected at random from missiles based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, transported more than 1,300 miles to Vandenberg and then reassembled for the test launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese tests are demonstrative of what striker airmen bring to the fight if called by the president,\u201d Global Strike Commander Gen. Thomas Bussiere said. \u201cAn airborne launch validates the survivability of our ICBMs, which serve as the strategic backstop of our nation\u2019s defense and defense of allies and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force said these tests, which have been carried out more than 300 times, are routinely done to show the U.S. nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective. 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