USAF, Navy Test Launch Minuteman III Missile

Brian Everstine August 16, 2022
A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test early Aug. 16 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force and Navy crews launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early Aug. 16 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in the first test since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The test comes after at least two other Minuteman III test launches were postponed to...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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