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  • VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An unarmed operational test
  • Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was destroyed by
  • Vandenberg's Western Range officials at 3:06 a.m. PDT after launching
  • from Launch Facility 04 here July 27.
  • Air Force controllers detected a flight anomaly and terminated the
  • flight for safety reasons. When terminated, the vehicle was in the
  • broad ocean area, northeast of Roi-Namur.
  • "At all times public safety is paramount. We plan for situations like
  • this and everything was executed according to the plan," said Col.
  • Matthew Carroll, 30th Space Wing chief of safety. "Established
  • parameters were exceeded and controllers sent destruct commands."
  • The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's
  • reliability and accuracy.
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