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Air Force Launches Unarmed ICBM Amid Trump’s Call for Renewed Nuclear Testing

Russia reacted by calling for immediate preparations for large-scale nuclear weapon tests.
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Air Force Launches Unarmed ICBM Amid Trump’s Call for Renewed Nuclear Testing
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is launched at 1:35 a.m. Pacific Time at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. on Nov. 5, 2025. U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The U.S. Air Force has conducted a test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) without a nuclear warhead.

The test took place on Nov. 5 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command. The unarmed missile flew approximately 4,200 miles before it landed in the designated impact area in the Marshall Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.