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Pentagon successfully tested intercontinental missile

2020-08-04T15:25:30.420Z


The United States announced that it had successfully tested Tuesday, August 4, a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with three warheads, the launch of which was triggered by the military aboard an airborne command post. Read also: United States: in Portland, the battle between anti-racist activists and the federal police The missile was launched at 12:21 a.m. (9:21 ...


The United States announced that it had successfully tested Tuesday, August 4, a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with three warheads, the launch of which was triggered by the military aboard an airborne command post.

Read also: United States: in Portland, the battle between anti-racist activists and the federal police

The missile was launched at 12:21 a.m. (9:21 a.m. in France) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., And traveled some 6,760 km over the Pacific before crashing into the sea near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the Air Force said in a statement.

The missile was not armed

The specialists of the US Air Force were on board a Boeing E-6, an aircraft derived from the Boeing 707, capable of communicating with the entire military command, to " show the efficiency and reliability of this command. airborne ”. The missile, which was unarmed, was equipped with three " reentry vehicles ", the warhead that contains each nuclear warhead of an ICBM, the US Air Force said.

" The Minuteman III is 50 years old and continued testing is essential to ensure its reliability until the 2030s, when the successor to the Minuteman, the GBSD (Ground Base Strategic Deterrent) program is in place, " noted the Colonel Omar Colbert, head of tests, quoted in the press release.

The Minuteman III has been the only surface-to-air missile in the US nuclear arsenal since 2005. It has been installed in launch silos at three US military bases in Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana. Trident missiles, launched from the sea, are deployed aboard American submarines and nuclear bombs carried by strategic bombers. The Air Force clarified that this test had been planned for months and did not represent " a response or a reaction to events in the world or to tensions in the region ".

Source: lefigaro

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