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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 three ballistic

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missile on August 11 to demonstrate the

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readiness of the U . S . Nuclear forces

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and provide confidence in the lethal

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itty and effectiveness of the nation's

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nuclear deterrent . Today's tests on if

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she is a randomly selected

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intercontinental ballistic missile

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pulled from every warren Air Force base .

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Like the missile was transported around

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$1300 and reassembled that Vanderburgh

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space for space California . The I C .

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B . M . Was equipped with a test

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reentry vehicle and traveled

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approximately 4200 miles at a speed of

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more than 15,000 MPH to a test range

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near the Kwajalein atoll in the

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marshall islands . The BMI testing

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evaluation program helps validate the

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reliability of the nuclear umbrella .

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Our allies and partners rely on

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eliminating the need to obtain their

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own nuclear weapons to counter

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potential adversaries . The 50 year old

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Minuteman three is based in colorado

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Montana Nebraska north Dakota and

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Wyoming and will be replaced by the

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ground based strategic deterrent

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program of record reporting from

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Vandenberg . Space for Space . I'm

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Michael Stone's hyper