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US Minuteman Missile Test Failure 'Extremely Bad Timing'

An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launched at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 2019. The U.S. Air Force currently has about 400 Minuteman III missiles – each loaded with a single nuclear warhead – loaded into silos spread across five states. (AP)

By    |   Tuesday, 07 November 2023 07:56 AM EST

With the threat of nuclear war at its highest point in decades, military analysts called it "unnerving" for the Air Force to announce the failure of a routine test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.

A missile launched from a test silo at the Vandenberg Space Force Base and U.S. Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 was "safely terminated" over the Pacific Ocean, according to a press release issued by the Air Force Global Strike Command.

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With the threat of nuclear war at its highest point in decades, military analysts called it "unnerving" for the Air Force to announce the failure of a routine test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
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