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U.S. Fires ICBM at Marshall Islands

Rejected submission by Anonymous Coward at 2017-04-27 06:14:06 from the completely routine dept.
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Business Insider reports [businessinsider.com] that the United States launched "[a]n unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile [...] from Vandenberg Air Force Base" in California to the Marshall Islands.

[...] the launch was completely routine, and had been planned three to five years in advance.

A video of the launch [youtube.com] is available.

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