{"id":51441,"date":"2019-10-02T19:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/02\/air-force-test-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-from-vandenberg\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:52:17","slug":"air-force-test-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-from-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/10\/02\/air-force-test-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-from-vandenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force test-launches intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=847a3aaa-1c99-403e-8dcb-99fe6848554a\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-847a3aaa-1c99-403e-8dcb-99fe6848554a.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Oct. 2, 2019, at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. (Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. \u2014 The U.S. Air Force has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/01\/air-force-test-launches-minuteman-missile-from-vandenberg\/\" target=_blank>tested an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> with a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile lifted off at 1:13 a.m. Wednesday from the base northwest of Los Angeles and sent a test reentry vehicle on a 4,200-mile (6,760-kilometer) flight over the Pacific Ocean to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/09\/air-force-test-launches-2nd-unarmed-icbm-this-month-from-vandenberg\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19129549775294.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force test launches 2nd unarmed ICBM this month from Vandenberg<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California in the second such test this month.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Air Force Global Strike Command statement says such tests demonstrate the capability of the intercontinental ballistic missile system and are not a response to world events or regional tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch was conducted by a team of airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19275554895637.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test\" class=\"wp-image-44283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19275554895637.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19275554895637.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19275554895637.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19275554895637.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This image taken with a slow shutter speed and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launch early Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 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