Air Force Space Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., yesterday, to test its operational effectiveness. Its three unarmed re-entry vehicle impacted targets on the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Pacific after traveling 4,800 miles. The ICBM came from the 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.