On Cam: Nuclear-capable Minuteman III ICBM Lights Up U.S. Skies Amid Tensions With Russia

The US conducted an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile test from the Californian Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 4. With the assistance of Space Force Guardians, a combined team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen executed the test. The goal of the test was to show how capable and effective the US nuclear deterrent is.