US tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Washington has conducted a ?routine? test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III
The US Air Force has successfully test-fired a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The silo-launched missile was fired early on Wednesday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The launch was described as a "routine" test, intended to "validate and verify the safety, security, effe