[Launch Alert] Vandenberg Conducts Unannounced Launch

[Launch Alert]

Vandenberg AFB conducted an unannounced missile launch this morning. Here is the DoD news release:


DOD Tests Prototype Conventionally-Configured Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile
DEC. 12, 2019

On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office, conducted a flight test of a prototype conventionally-configured ground-launched ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The test missile exited its static launch stand and terminated in the open ocean after more than 500 kilometers of flight. Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense's development of future intermediate-range capabilities.

Imagery is available here ( https://www.dvidshub.net/video/728792/test-launch-vandenberg-air-force-base )

News release source: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2038942/dod-tests-prototype-conventionally-configured-ground-launched-ballistic-missile/