It was a spectacular sight on the Central Coast.
A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Tuesday morning. The 12:46 a.m. launch was the latest in an ongoing series of test flights to check equipment and crew readiness.
The missile carried a dummy warhead more than four thousand miles to a test range in the South Pacific.
The launch had actually been planned for a few weeks ago, but was postponed because the Biden Administration didn't want to inflame already high tension with China.
