A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on February 9, 2023.

This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States' nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter twenty-first century threats and reassure our allies.

Such tests have occurred over 300 times before and this test is not the result of current world events.

U.S. Space Force video
by Staff Sgt. Draeke Layman
Space Launch Delta 30 Public Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense

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