US Conducts Nuclear Ballistic Missile Test Launch on Election Day
The US conducted a test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in what's described as “routine” practice coinciding with the election day. Read Full Article at RT.com
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The American military has stated that the recent nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test coincided with the day voters in the nation were selecting their next president. According to a statement from the US Air Force Global Strike Command, the launch was part of “routine and periodic activities” and was the result of “months of preparation.”
On November 5, at 11:01 PM Pacific Time, an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The missile covered a distance of approximately 4,200 miles to reach the US Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific territory of the Marshall Islands.
The test was designed to affirm that the US nuclear deterrent “is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter 21st century threats and reassure our allies.” The command noted that this launch followed 300 similar tests in the past and emphasized that the event was not linked to “current world events.”
General Thomas A. Bussiere, a commander within the US Air Force Global Strike Command, commented, “An airborne launch validates the survivability of our ICBMs, which serve as the strategic backstop of our nation’s defense and defense of allies and partners.”
The Minuteman III is the United States' only silo-based ICBM. The US Air Force operates a total of 400 of these missiles through three missile wings: the 90th Missile Wing in Wyoming, the 91st in North Dakota, and the 341st in Montana. First deployed in 1970, these missiles can travel over 6,000 miles at a maximum speed of 24,000 kph, which is 23 times the speed of sound.
Media reports indicate that Washington had informed Moscow in advance about the missile test launch. In late October, Russia conducted its own strategic nuclear deterrence exercise that involved ballistic and cruise missile launches. During this exercise, President Vladimir Putin remarked that Moscow aims to maintain its nuclear forces at a “necessarily sufficient” level while avoiding a new arms race, asserting that “relevant countries” were informed of this exercise as well.
This Russian nuclear drill occurred shortly after NATO’s ‘Steadfast Noon’ exercises in mid-October, which involved 13 members of the US-led military bloc. European NATO members participated in training to deploy US-provided weapons under the organization’s nuclear-sharing arrangement. Moscow has consistently opposed the bloc’s nuclear-sharing system, stating it contradicts the spirit of nuclear non-proliferation.
Allen M Lee for TROIB News
On November 5, at 11:01 PM Pacific Time, an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The missile covered a distance of approximately 4,200 miles to reach the US Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific territory of the Marshall Islands.
The test was designed to affirm that the US nuclear deterrent “is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter 21st century threats and reassure our allies.” The command noted that this launch followed 300 similar tests in the past and emphasized that the event was not linked to “current world events.”
General Thomas A. Bussiere, a commander within the US Air Force Global Strike Command, commented, “An airborne launch validates the survivability of our ICBMs, which serve as the strategic backstop of our nation’s defense and defense of allies and partners.”
The Minuteman III is the United States' only silo-based ICBM. The US Air Force operates a total of 400 of these missiles through three missile wings: the 90th Missile Wing in Wyoming, the 91st in North Dakota, and the 341st in Montana. First deployed in 1970, these missiles can travel over 6,000 miles at a maximum speed of 24,000 kph, which is 23 times the speed of sound.
Media reports indicate that Washington had informed Moscow in advance about the missile test launch. In late October, Russia conducted its own strategic nuclear deterrence exercise that involved ballistic and cruise missile launches. During this exercise, President Vladimir Putin remarked that Moscow aims to maintain its nuclear forces at a “necessarily sufficient” level while avoiding a new arms race, asserting that “relevant countries” were informed of this exercise as well.
This Russian nuclear drill occurred shortly after NATO’s ‘Steadfast Noon’ exercises in mid-October, which involved 13 members of the US-led military bloc. European NATO members participated in training to deploy US-provided weapons under the organization’s nuclear-sharing arrangement. Moscow has consistently opposed the bloc’s nuclear-sharing system, stating it contradicts the spirit of nuclear non-proliferation.
Allen M Lee for TROIB News
