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One .

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Decrease the missile .

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Air Force Global Strike Command airmen

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conducted an operational test launch of

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an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental

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ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space

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Force Base May 20th to demonstrate the

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readiness of the US nuclear forces and

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evaluate both the weapons system and

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personnel who maintain it in a highly

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controlled testing environment . The

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test launch used a randomly selected

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intercontinental ballistic missile

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pulled from Malmstrom Air Force Base ,

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Montana . The missile was transported

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more than 1300 miles and reassembled at

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Vandenberg Space Force Base ,

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California . The ICBM was equipped with

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a single Mark 12A high fidelity reentry

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vehicle and traveled approximately 4200

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miles at a speed of more than 15,000

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MPH to a test range near the Quadrain

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Atoll in the Marshall Islands . The

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ICBM test and evaluation program helps

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ensure the current land-based leg of

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the nuclear triad remains safe ,

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reliable , and effective until its

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successor is fully deployed . The

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55-year-old Minuteman 3 is based in

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Colorado , Montana , Nebraska , North

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Dakota , and Wyoming and will be

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replaced by the LGM 35A Sentinel .

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Reporting from Vandenberg Space Force

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Base , I'm Airman First Class Ian

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Hawkes .