The US military has successfully launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, showcasing the country’s ability to counter “twenty-first century threats,” according to the defense forces.
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, the unarmed missile traveled an estimated 4,194 miles (6,750km) across the Pacific Ocean to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the Air Force Global Strike Command announced in a statement.
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