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U.S. test launch of ICBM ends in failure

U.S. test launch of ICBM ends in failure

Was this a bad omen for a dying super power trying to 'reassure' its allies?

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The U.S. test of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile ended in failure.

A disarmed test missile had to be destroyed in flight because of a technological snafu, the US Air Force said on Wednesday, November 1, offering no details about what went wrong.

According to a statement by the Air Force Global Strike Command, the Minuteman III ICBM was …

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