Missile successfully launches from Vandenberg
A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile successfully launches at 1:01 a.m. Aug. 13 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The missile was configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration, or NNSA, test assembly in which three unarmed re-entry vehicles traveled approximately 4,190 miles to their pre-determined targets in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)