[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] Vandenberg Launches Minuteman III

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "Brian Webb" <kd6nrp at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>To: "Launch Alert" <launch-alert at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Launch Alert] Vandenberg Launches Minuteman III
>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 05:16:58 -0700
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>
>                              LAUNCH ALERT
>
>			            Brian Webb
>		         Ventura County, California
>		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>	               http://www.spacearchive.info
>
>				            2008 April 2 (Wednesday) 05:12 PDT
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>                   VANDENBERG LAUNCHES MINUTEMAN III
>                      Vandenberg AFB News Release
>                             2008 April 2
>
>VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A Minuteman III intercontinental
>ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security
>Administration (NNSA) test assembly was launched from North Vandenberg
>today at 1:01 a.m.
>
>The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's
>reliability and accuracy.
>
>The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately
>4,200 miles to its pre-determined target at the Reagan Test Site
>located in the Marshall Islands.
>
>The data collected will be used by the entire ICBM community,
>including the United States Strategic Command planners and the Program
>Office at Hill AFB, UT and the NNSA/Department of Energy laboratories:
>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and Sandia National
>Laboratories.
>
>Col. Michael E. Fortney, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the
>spacelift commander.  Lt. Col. Lesa K. Toler, 576th Flight Test
>Squadron commander, was the mission director for this test launch.
>
>"A huge thank you to everyone involved in the preparation and
>execution of this mission," said Lt. Col. Toler. "We met our test
>objectives but ultimately proved our nation’s nuclear ICBM force is
>reliable and will continue to play a vital role in deterrence and
>security of the United States."
>
>"An outstanding display of teamwork ensured 100-percent mission
>success," Colonel Fortney said. "We constantly focus on flawless
>execution of our launch, range and expeditionary missions. I am
>extremely proud of the collaboration between the 30th SW and the 576th
>FLTS."
>
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