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We are the world's only airborne

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missiles , but we're the only ones that

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get to fly in an airplane and send

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commands down to the missiles and

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launch them . Should the need arise ?

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The test was actually scheduled more

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than five years ago . The 576 test

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squadron does a lot of the heavy

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lifting as far as in placing the

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missile and getting ready for the test .

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6 25th stop starts to get involved

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about six months prior to the mission .

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It's a lot of mission partners . It's a

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huge mission , tons of players and a

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lot of planning goes into these

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missions . So glory trips four times a

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year . We pull a missile from one of

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the missile fields , ship it down to

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Vandenberg Space Force Base , load it

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up into a launch facility , get it all

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prepped up and ready to go and we

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launch unarmed , not with a live with

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test equipment on board , all of our

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allies and friends around the world who

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are covered by the umbrella of nuclear

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deterrence . They must be shown that

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our deterrence is capable and ready to

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launch if needed . This test . It sends

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a message that our nuclear forces are

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ready to execute at any given time . We

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are demonstrating that our weapons

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system is safe , secure , reliable and

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effective by not only showing that it

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can launch but that we can launch it

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with our alternate launch capability .

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For most of us , this will be the only

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opportunity that we get to participate

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in a mission like this where we get to

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come out to Vandenberg Space Force Base

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and actually launch an ICBM from the

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airborne launch control system . And so

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it really is the pinnacle of our time

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in the 6 25th stops .