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United States III: Air Force Conducts Successful Minuteman 3 ICBM Test The U.S. Air Force Wednesday successfully tested a Minuteman 3 ICBM, according to the Santa Maria Times (see GSN, June 11). The missile, armed with three dummy warheads, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California toward targets southwest of the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Pacific Ocean (Janene Scully, Santa Maria Times, Aug. 8). Russia’s early warning system registered the Minuteman test, according to ITAR-Tass (ITAR-Tass, Aug. 6 in FBIS-SOV, Aug. 6).
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