US Air Force Test Fires Minuteman III ICBM


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On February 5, the U.S. Air Force test launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California. Designated FTU-2, the flight test validated a new explosive fuze for the Minuteman’s W87 nuclear warhead. FTU-2 is the second of four planned tests of the fuze, with the last scheduled for 2024. 

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Masao Dahlgren, "US Air Force Test Fires Minuteman III ICBM," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 5, 2020, last modified February 5, 2020, https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-air-force-test-fires-minuteman-iii-icbm-4/.