# @usairforce on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHytKZPEQg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27842637-usairforce-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f0cbd5aa41.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-11-08T19:15:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) — https://gondola.cc/usairforce

## Caption

A joint team of USAF Airmen & U.S. Navy aircrew conducted a routine test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. 
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This test launch is part of routine & periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the U.S. nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable & effective to deter 21st century threats.
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📸 by Airman 1st Class Olga Houtsma
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usnavy | afglobalstrike | #training #militaryphotography #launch #deterrent #minuteman #spaceforce #missile

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## Tags

spaceforce, minuteman, deterrent, training, militaryphotography, launch, missile

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