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Topic started on 8-4-2006 @ 07:12 PM by lamb

Minuteman-3 Tested from Vandenberg

An unarmed Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile was test-launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile’s single, unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 8,200 km (5,100 miles), striking a pre-determined water target near Guam in the Northern Mariana Islands. The launch was part of a developmental test to demonstrate the weapon’s effectiveness at an extended range. The Minuteman-3 missile originated from the 564th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.

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A little after 6 am on the 7th, my husband was working on top of a wine storage tank. He witnessed what he is convinced was the bright flash and extensive smoke of a missile exploding due west of us here in central California. He said that it looked exactly like depictions of the Challenger disaster, only occurring in semi darkness. The smoke remained in the air for quite awhile and other employees also saw it. They were later told that it was from the Vandenburg launch (about 300 miles southwest of us).
Could this have been a normal rocket stage - or is the Air Force covering something up, and why are they practicing for extended ranges?
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