US Air Force Terminated An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Over The Pacific Ocean Last Week

Test of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM at Vandenberg Air Force Base in CaliforniaUS Air Force/Reuters

Business Insider: The US Air Force just hit self-destruct on a multimillion-dollar missile after a testing 'anomaly' -- here's what might have gone wrong

* The US Air Force terminated an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean during an unsuccessful flight test Tuesday.
* The missile was destroyed because an "anomaly was going to create an unsafe flight condition," according to the head of US Strategic Command.
* The failure was characterized as a "rare thing in the missile business."

The US Air Force was forced to terminate an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile Tuesday morning in response to an unsafe "anomaly" that emerged during a test, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.

The 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ordered the destruction of the $7 million ICBM early Tuesday, eliminating it over the Pacific Ocean. Global Strike Command refused to comment as the incident is under investigation.

Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of US Strategic Command, described the test as "perfect," at least until "somewhere in flight, we saw an anomaly."

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Update #1: Unarmed US missile test flight terminated due to anomaly -- Air Force Times/AP
Update #2: The Air Force destroyed its own ICBM in a missile test -- We Are The Mighty

WNU Editor: That is one expensive anomaly to force someone to press the self-destruct button.