WATCH: US Space Force tests nuclear deterrent

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (CBS) - A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle on June 4 at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.First Space Force Guardian will launch into space this summerThis test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States’ nucle