The US Air Force tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday just days after North Korea conducted its own ICBM test, the Air Force Global Strike Command said in a news release. Pacific Daylight Time, the Air Force Global Strike Command said in a statement.
This and similar test launches provide valuable data to verify the accuracy and reliability of the ICBM weapon system.
Minuteman missiles are regularly tested with launches from Vandenberg that send unarmed re-entry vehicles 6800km across the Pacific to a target area at Kwajalein Atoll. Wednesday's was the fourth Minuteman test conducted at VAFB this year.
In February, a test missile was launched in February from the base.
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The White House released a statement in response to the missile launch, saying, "North Korea's test launch today of another intercontinental ballistic missile - the second such test in less than a month - is only the latest reckless and unsafe action by the North Korean regime". "Our long history in partnering with the men and women of the 576th Flight Test Squadron shows that the Western Range stands ready and able to create a safe launch environment".
President Donald Trump has said that he's "very disappointed" in China's inability to curb the development of North Korea's weapons program, and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley has said that the U.S. is "done talking about North Korea". The interceptor successfully targeted and destroyed an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile launched from the Marshall Islands.
Air Force officials said the tests are critical.
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