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- [Narretor] Airmen from the

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625th Strategic Operation Squadron

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at Offutt Air Force Base Nebraska.

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Supported by airmen from

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F. E. Warren in Vandenberg Air force Bases

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conducted an operational test launch

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on August 4th of an unarmed
Minuteman III ballistic missile.

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Today's test launch,

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use an intercontinental ballistic missile

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pulled randomly from a silo

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on F. E. Warren Air Force Base,

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which was then transported and reassembled

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more than 1300 miles away at Vandenberg.

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The ICBM was launched by an aircrew

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using the Airborne Launch Control System,

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a board, a Navy EA-6.

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The ICBM was equipped with
retest reentry vehicles

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and traveled approximately 4,200 miles

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at a speed of more than
15,000 miles per hour

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to a test range near the Kwajalein Atoll

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in the Marshall Islands.

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These ICBM test launches
verify the accuracy

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and reliability of the weapons system.

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Providing valuable data to ensure

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a safe, secure, and
effective nuclear deterrent.

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Reporting from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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I'm Michael Stonecipher.