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Unarmed Minuteman III test launch scheduled will validate effectiveness, readiness, accuracy

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:03 Pacific Daylight Time (Wednesday, September, 2020), at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. ICBM test launches demonstrate the U.S. nuclear enterprise is safe, secure, effective and ready to defend the United States and its allies. ICBMs provide the U.S. and its allies the necessary deterrent capability to maintain freedom to operate and navigate globally in accordance with international laws and norms. (Courtesy photo by Connor Riley)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Hanah Abercormbie
VIRIN: 200209-F-XX000-1002.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.79 MB
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CAMERA

ILCE-6000

LENS

E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS

APERTURE

90/10

SHUTTERSPEED

30

ISO

500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Unarmed Minuteman III test launch scheduled will validate effectiveness, readiness, accuracy

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:03 Pacific Daylight Time (Wednesday, September, 2020), at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. ICBM test launches demonstrate the U.S. nuclear enterprise is safe, secure, effective and ready to defend the United States and its allies. ICBMs provide the U.S. and its allies the necessary deterrent capability to maintain freedom to operate and navigate globally in accordance with international laws and norms. (Courtesy photo by Connor Riley)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Hanah Abercormbie
VIRIN: 200209-F-XX000-1002.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.79 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

ILCE-6000

LENS

E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS

APERTURE

90/10

SHUTTERSPEED

30

ISO

500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.