Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 05.21.2025
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 Pacific Time May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is ready, reliable and effective in leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)...
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 02.24.2025
Russell Vela, chief, Multi-Domain Technologies Division, Research Directorate, Technical Center, briefs Lt. Gen. Thomas L. James, deputy commander of U.S. Space Command, on the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Spatially Enhanced Communications, Tracking, Reconnaissance, and Engagements, or SPECTRE, transportable distributed aperture research system. James visited the USASMDC’s......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.06.2024
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, or RTS, tracks an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch Nov. 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command’s Glory Trip-251 operational test. Sensors at RTS at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, located 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, are controlled at the......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 02.12.2024
Russell Vela, chief of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Multi-Domain Technologies Division briefs Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, on the USASMDC SPECTRE transportable distributed aperture research system. Whiting visited USASMDC on Feb. 12 to meet team members and learn how their missions support Space Command. (U.S. Army photo by Jason B. Cutshaw)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 08.11.2021
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, during an Air Force Global Strike Command operational test, Aug. 11. The vehicle impacted in a pre-established target zone roughly 4,200 miles away near the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the......
Photo by Carrie Campbell | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 02.24.2021
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test at 11:49 p.m. PST, Feb. 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate the U.S. nuclear enterprise is safe, secure, effective and ready to defend the United States and its allies. ICBMs provide the U.S. and its allies the necessary......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 10.29.2020
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, or RTS, tracks an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch Oct. 29 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command’s Glory Trip-236 operational test. Sensors at RTS at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, located 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, are controlled at the......
Photo by Carrie Campbell | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 01.30.2020
Laura Barber serves as the security manager for the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site Operations Center-Huntsville, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center. Barber is pictured here with photos of seven of her eight grandchildren from her three daughters. (U.S. Army Photo by Carrie David Campbell)...
