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GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND
HAS BEEN PRETTY BUSY AT

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE.
THIS WEEK, THEY LAUNCHED

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TWO UNARMED
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC

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MISSILES AS PART OF THE
MISSILE SYSTEM'S TESTING

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AND EVALUATION PROGRAM.
FIRST LIEUTENANT KIMBERLY

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ERSKINE IS ONE OF THE MANY
AIRMEN THAT HAVE BEEN HARD

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AT WORK.All this testing
is to ensure that what we

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do on a daily basis
is worth it, and that

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everyone who's
accomplishing the mission

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is doing a valuable
service to the

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country.THIS IS A WEAPONS
SYSTEM TEST WITH MISSILES

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PULLED RANDOMLY OUT OF
SILOS FROM MALMSTROM AND

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F-E WARREN AIR FORCE BASE.
SENIOR AIRMAN JAKE MCBROOM

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BELIEVES THE TEST WILL PAY
DIVIDENDS IN THE FUTURE. I

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believe my job is
important because it's the

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first hand for America's
nuclear deterrence. We're

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actually putting these
missiles on alert. We're

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setting ourselves up for
success by keeping our

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nation safe.OPERATIONAL
TEST LAUNCHES PROVIDE

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VALUABLE DATA FOR THE
ICBM PROGRAM, AND ACT AS

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NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
RELIABILITY CHECKS.FOR

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CAPTAIN LILES, IT'S NOT
SO MUCH A JOB AS IT IS AN

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HONOR TO SHOW OFF
GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND'S

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CAPABILITIES. We have
the privelege here of

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demonstrating the
capability of that weapons

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system physically to the
rest of the world. To show

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the world that this system
works well, and that's all

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part of the strategic
deterrence mission.THE TWO

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UNARMED MISSILES
SUCCESSFULLY TRAVELED OVER

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SIX THOUSAND MILES AWAY
TO A TEST RANGE NEAR THE

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ISLAND OF GUAM. REPORTING
FROM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE

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BASE, I'M TECHNICAL
SERGEANT KURTIS

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VILLAVCENCIO.