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GT 256: ICBM Test Launch Verifies System Reliability
May 20, 2026
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news:

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GT 256: ICBM Test Launch Verifies System Reliability

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BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -

Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile May 20 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

This routine launch, desi . . .

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