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Vandenberg AFB Has Weather Delay

Published Dec 2, 2001 9:45 am : Updated Jan 31, 2009 5:56 pm

A planned U-S missile defense test was postponed last night due to unfavorable weather over Vandenberg Air Force Base. Pentagon officials said they intend to try again tonight to send a missile to the Central Pacific to be met by a “kill missile.´´ But a major winter storm moving southeastward through California today and tonight may cause another postponement.

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 5:56 pm