FILE -- An unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Missile Defense Agency is expected to conduct a developmental flight test October 14, 2002, including a planned intercept of long-range ballistic missile target in support of Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) test program. Interceptor will launch from Ronald Reagan Missile Test Facility at Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands. (credit: USAF/Getty Images)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile was launched from California in a test of the intercontinental ballistic missile system.
The missile lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:36 a.m. Monday.
Col. Keith Balts says the test will provide accuracy and reliability data for current and future modifications of the Minuteman system.
The missile used in the test was brought from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming.
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