World: Space--AFGSC launches second Minuteman III missile; We're not ready to fight China in Space.
576th Flight Test Squadron
A new era in land-based nuclear weapons could usher in changes to the Air Force’s missile test regime.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—You see the intercontinental ballistic missile before you hear it. Upon ignition in its underground silo, the horizon blooms bright red-orange, and a ball of light rises west over the Pacific Ocean. A dull roar intensifies as the unarmed nuclear missile ...