US military test-launches nuclear-capable ICBM from California (photos)

The U.S. military test-launched an unarmed nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile overnight to verify the readiness of its arsenal. The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California just after midnight Pacific time today (May 20). The routine test flight took place just hours after the base hosted the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites. …