USA
2ND LT. WILLIAM COLLETTE
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California—An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test just after midnight on May 3. The U.S. has about 450 of the missiles and routinely tests them, but the latest tests came amid rising tensions with North Korea, which has tested its own missiles—including some designed to reach the United States. The missile flew 4,200 miles to a test range near the Marshall Islands, CNN reported