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Title: US test-launches nuclear-capable Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (Vandenberg AFB)
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RT
URL Source: https://www.rt.com/news/458066-us-test-nuclear-icbm/
Published: May 1, 2019
Author: RT
Post Date: 2019-05-01 20:12:43 by hondo68
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The US has tested an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM, launching it from southern California towards the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The nuclear-capable missile successfully hit its target. The missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Wednesday. The projectile traveled 4,200 miles (6,759km) over the Pacific towards a target placed on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Video of the launch shows the missile silo opening before liftoff, as well as the ascent of the projectile. The footage does not show the final stages of the missile’s flight, though it is said to have successfully hit the mock target. While you were sleeping the #Airmen of @AFGlobalStrike conducted an unarmed #MinutemanIII#ICBM test launch at 2:42 a.m. Pacific Time today. A defender’s job never ends. pic.twitter.com/OUwnYPWKDk— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) 1 мая 2019 г. The goal of the test launch was described by Air Force Global Strike Command as to “validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system.” The Minuteman III is the only nuclear-capable ground-based ICBM that remains in service in the US. 
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#1. To: hondo68, all (#0)
Random thought... Would Hillary! have won if ZionDon were an admitted Zionist-Neocon warmonger that would bring Neocon Zionists into his power positions ?? We are heading into the exact same soup. The USD Empire is going to go out with a large bang it appears. What a bunch of sociopathic lunatics. That missile took an easily defined and predictable path. In the meantime, Russia's recent high tech missiles travel on a constantly changing random path.
Probably would have been shot down by Kim Jong Un if he considered it a threat.
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#3. To: DWornock, Rocket Man (#2)
That missile took an easily defined and predictable path
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