"Cause unknown": US Air Force failed to test launch Minuteman III ICBMs

The test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) announced by the US Air Force did not take place, the test was interrupted just before launch. This was reported by the press service of the US Air Force Global Strike Command.

The US military has scheduled regular tests of Minuteman III ICBMs in order to confirm the characteristics of the missile. The launch of an ICBM with a training warhead was supposed to take place from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, from where all missiles are traditionally tested. However, something went wrong and the launch was interrupted. The Air Force does not name the reason, confining itself to stating that it is "being investigated" and the possibility of postponing the launch is "being evaluated."

The Minuteman III is currently the only land-based ICBM to enter service in the United States. According to the latest data from open sources, the United States has a total of 450 Minuteman III missiles, which will remain in service until at least 2027, when they are to be replaced by new ICBMs.

The Minuteman III ICBMs have been in service with the US Army since 1970, at the end of 1978, their production was discontinued. The rocket is capable of hitting targets within a radius of 12 thousands of kilometers.

Currently, the American company Northrop Grumman is developing a new strategic ballistic missile GBSD, which should replace the aging Minuteman III ICBM. Details of the development were not disclosed, it is known that the new ICBM should be universal with the ability to deploy on mobile platforms. Minuteman III ICBMs can only be launched from mines.

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[AshPoseidon]

"Cause unknown": US Air Force failed to test launch Minuteman III ICBMs

Again Petrov and Boshirov distinguished themselves.

[nnm]

"It just looked a lot like a spire, so we couldn't resist!"

[gurzuf]

And at the scene there was a box of matches produced by Gomeldrev.

[avg]

Quote: gurzuf

And at the scene there was a box of matches produced by Gomeldrev.

So the hand of Moscow reached out.

[Charik]

slabspichprom or balabanovo of the kaluga region

[krops777]

Again Petrov and Boshirov distinguished themselves.

On Monday (after another weekend), White House press secretary D. Psaki announced that Russia would again be punished with another batch of sanctions for the intervention of Russian hackers Petrov and Boshirov in the launch and control systems of Minuteman III missiles. there is no other way to explain it now.

[tralflot1832]

Let me remind you that Matthew Lee returned to the State Department pre-conference! With his questions he imprints the speakers against the wall! Wait, we'll see!

[Barberry25]

poor Petrov and Bashirov ... had to study punch cards ..

[Alex_Rarog]

Rusted))

[prior]

During the investigation of the incident, when the investigator asked about a failed test launch, the Minuteman III rocket babbled in a lisping voice: "Well, I didn't, I didn't ..."

[vargo]

advise them WD-40 or will they do it yourself?)

[lucul]

Again Petrov and Boshirov distinguished themselves

It's just that the Minuteman is a solid fuel rocket. And this fuel has a tendency to delaminate over time. And since the freshest rocket is already 43 years old, we have problems with the ignition of the solid fuel mixture.
And this is not the first unsuccessful launch of the Minuteman, but the second or third in a row, which, as it were, suggests that Minutemans are possible everything ...

[den3080]

it's time to switch to soft fuel ... in the end

[grandfather_Kostya]

And this fuel has a tendency to delaminate over time.

If it comes to this, the rocket will explode from a sharp increase in the area of ​​combustion of the fuel. It is even more expensive to try launching here.

[aszzz888]

grandfather_Kostya
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And this fuel has a tendency to delaminate over time.

If it comes to this, the rocket will explode from a sharp increase in the area of ​​combustion of the fuel. It is even more expensive to try launching here.

Well, let them tear them there! And then, some adepts are trying to squeeze out pity from members of the forum, due to the failure of the mericatos. At one point try to answer who it is?

[Barberry25]

well, then the signaling worked

[Avior]

The refusal to start cannot be related to fuel problems.
These problems can emerge after the "start" command, so it is clearly not a matter of fuel.

[Bongo]

Quote: lucul

It's just that the Minuteman is a solid fuel rocket. And this fuel has a tendency to delaminate over time. And since the freshest rocket is already 43 years old, we have problems with the ignition of the solid fuel mixture.

By 2010, the Minuteman III ICBMs, the carrier DBs were upgraded under the Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE) program, in which the engines of all missiles received new solid fuel.

Quote: lucul

And this is not the first unsuccessful launch of the Minuteman, but the second or third in a row, which, as it were, suggests that Minutemans are possible.

This does not mean anything Unsuccessful launches, and launch cancellations for technical reasons, are common to everyone.

[NDR-791]

Quote: Bongo

Unsuccessful launches, and launch cancellations for technical reasons, are common to everyone.

The war is canceled !!! The scrap is rusted !!!

[Bongo]

Quote: NDR-791

The war is canceled !!! The scrap is rusted !!!

Hopefully canceled! But the bulk of American nuclear warheads are deployed on Minuteman III ICBMs, and on the UGM-133A Trident II (D5) SLBM, which is a very advanced machine.

[NDR-791]

Quote: Bongo

on the SLBM UGM-133A Trident II (D5) - which is a very advanced machine.

So that it rusted too !!! Let's drink for this !!!

[Bongo]

Quote: NDR-791

So that it rusted too !!! Let's drink for this !!!

I would like to believe in this, but in the United States, a program has been launched to modernize warheads, warheads, control systems and solid fuel replacement should ensure that the Trident II is in service until 2042. For this, it is planned to transfer 2027 updated missiles to the fleet by 300. The total value of the contract with Lockheed Martin is $ 541 million. Simultaneously with the modernization of the Trident II, the go-ahead was given to the development of a new missile, tentatively designated the Trident E-6.
The US Navy command has expressed interest in equipping some of the modernized SLBMs with high-precision warheads with a capacity of no more than 5-10 kt, which can be detonated after being buried in rocky ground. Despite the decrease in the power of the warheads, this, by analogy with the new B-61-12 aviation thermonuclear bomb, should increase the ability to destroy highly engineered targets. Apparently, in this way the Americans are trying to compensate for the lag behind Russia in the field of tactical nuclear weapons.

[Barberry25]

well then they will have to withdraw from the nuclear treaty ...

[ironic]

What's this with?

[Barberry25]

because tactical yao is about range, not power, And since they will put on large missiles, then this is already an agreement .. therefore, either purposefully cut opportunities for ourselves, or a way out .. But at the same time, ours hinted that if something, then will be able to deploy a large number of warheads on missiles in a short time. Therefore, they stopped the exit

[zyablik.olga]

Quote: Barberry25

because tactical yao is about range, not power, And since they will put on large missiles, then this is already an agreement .. therefore, either purposefully cut opportunities for ourselves, or a way out .. But at the same time, ours hinted that if something, then will be able to deploy a large number of warheads on missiles in a short time. Therefore, they stopped the exit

The minimum yield of nuclear warheads is not regulated in any way.

[Barberry25]

power, I repeat, yes, but the number of missiles is still regulated, the Americans want to put mini-charges on tridens ... which is not stipulated by the treaty, therefore the number of missiles should be the same as it was ..

[ironic]

But you all did not understand everything correctly. A pair of missiles with low-yield warheads were thrown into each boat to be able to deliver local nuclear strikes, and not out of a misunderstanding that for Russia it makes no difference this is a strike on its territory with 76-1 or 76-2 warheads. For medium-range strikes, they have F-35 and B-61, which in tandem are more effective than the Kh-101 / Caliber strike and further than the Iskander strike. Moreover, they also have the option of a penetrating directed underground detonation against bunkers.

[Barberry25]

that's the point .. what then is necessary to remove the full-fledged BB in order to preserve the treaty, and ours immediately said that any launch would be considered a nuclear attack, and not "we have a small BB there." that replacing the current missiles with a decrease in combat capabilities ... and yes ... the argument for "trying to catch up with nuclear warheads for Iskander in this way" ... it at least sounds witty, but not funny .. because a couple of dozen BB will not create parity in any way, but here weaken the capabilities by a couple of dozen missiles ... In general, no one will go for it

[3danimal]

replacement of current missiles with a decrease in combat capabilities .. and yes ... an argument for "trying to catch up with nuclear warheads for Iskander in this way."

Doesn't the use of nuclear warheads on the Iskander give carte blanche for the reciprocal use of nuclear weapons?

[ironic]

Of course it does, but for some reason opponents overlook it.

[ironic]

They have already gone for this and are removing full-weight warheads on two missiles from each boat and replacing the 76-2. On each theoretically, you can throw in 6 warheads - 168 warheads. Quite a supplement to tactical nuclear weapons. It is quite suitable as an intermediate solution. Any launch on the territory of the Russian Federation, yes, but if not on the territory of the Russian Federation? Will Russia be the first to let Iskander with TNW through NATO territory? Then this is her aggression with all that it implies.

[Barberry25]

I repeat for those who are in the tank: according to the contract, the NUMBER of BB is limited - Simply put, the power is not important, if they shoved a 5 kiloton there, then it goes like 1 to 1 in BB, so in fact nothing but the theoretical flexibility of a strike on a weak enemy they got nothing ... not to mention the fact that they are setting a precedent, and ours have already said that the launches of ballistic missiles will be considered as a full-fledged nuclear strike against Russia with retaliatory measures. why did you decide that ours will use TNW? If you do not know the regulation of goals, then you do not need to pretend to be a genius.

[ironic]

Well, get out of the tank and I don't remember when we switched to YOU? And where did I write that the power value is related to the number of warheads under the contract? And what does the strength of the enemy have to do with it? If the launch of a ballistic missile outside the territory of the Russian Federation is considered as such, it will be a precedent for an attack by the Russian Federation, and not vice versa. TNW will not be used in foreign territory and it will not be used in the territory of the Russian Federation. You don't need to be a genius to do this.

[Barberry25]

you can immediately see a person who does not understand a little what he writes ... you first understand a little about the topic, what is the flight time, the definition of the trajectory and the point of impact, and then write nonsense about "will not use and will not apply" ...

[ironic]

The flight time, with the known speed of the Trident and Minuteman missiles and the point of impact with the ballistic trajectory and accuracy, is calculated quickly enough. Therefore, I do not see what is nonsense. And by the way, they don't see it in the west either.

[Barberry25]

yeah, by the middle of the flight ... when there are 7-9 minutes left to make a decision ... and "in the West" saw only one Trump, and the entire Pentagon kicked out of this decision ... Because in fact they get a loss in firepower, as well as they receive weapons that are useless in principle, for attacking Iran or North Korea will automatically receive a nuclear response from China and Russia. So this is the stupidest decision, but you can continue to believe in their "genius"

[ironic]

Who told you the fable that Trump, or any president in general, can come up with which warhead to put into service? What kind of fool is this told before bedtime? Why do you think they are building over-the-horizon early warning radars? To know where it will crash in the last 5 minutes? Did the sofa tell you that if the US bangs Iran with Trident, then the Russian Federation will immediately start launching Maces? Well, probably your sofa considers itself immortal. And low-yield warheads have unparalleled accuracy, so their effectiveness is comparable to much more powerful charges. The West is not interested in the production of great broads and it is not planned by any country. Interested in the production of high-precision weapons. And even warheads of 475Kt are not replaced with new ones only for economic reasons. If a decision is made to design and manufacture the W93, it will be less powerful, lighter, and the emphasis will be on hitting accuracy. This is already known.

[Barberry25]

that's why I say ... you are not in the subject, especially amused about "why do we need radar to know in the last minutes" .. And yes .. very amused about "the small ones are very accurate, but the big ones are not accurate at all" .. In general be silent, really, do not make people laugh ..

[Nikolay73]

It's clear. It's just that yusam so often sees a Russian trace in everything ... it's simply impossible to resist ... :)

[Charik]

here, and then probably some of the hats are already ready to throw

[zlinn]

third but not in a row

[ironic]

In general, there is such a word in the English language maintenance, so this problem is solved, including in the Russian Topols.

Right here these three have failed? And where can you read about this in the Western press?
https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-test-fires-minuteman-iii-icbm-2/
https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-test-fires-minuteman-iii-icbm/
https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-air-force-test-fires-minuteman-iii-icbm-6/

This is the first interrupted start in a long time.

[Sergey M. Karasev]

That's for sure: there is a hole in the old woman!

[Lech from Android.]

More often it would be so with them, I congratulate Petrov and Boshirov on another successful operation to sabotage our enemy.

[aszzz888]

Lech from Android. (Lech from Android)
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More often they would have it like that, I congratulate Petrov and Boshirov on another successful operation to sabotage our enemy.

! And I am for the same! But not everyone is happy with such a result. Some here trample the bales with their feet, a tear pooshchayut!

[TARS_117]

So what? It happens. Fail-safe technology does not exist in principle.

[Lech from Android.]

The sledgehammer and crowbar never break, this technique is reliable in principle.

[mat-vey]

Quote: Lech from Android.

The sledgehammer and crowbar never break, this technique is reliable in principle.

Believe it or not ... but they also break ...

[Lech from Android.]

I will not believe ... for many years I have been waving a sledgehammer which I myself welded and a crowbar ... believe me I could not break it, no matter how hard I tried, I managed to bend the crowbar, but then I straightened it with a sledgehammer.

[Murmur 55]

Alexey you are just lucky with the metal, there are now such crowbars that REALLY BREAK, and sledgehammers that the economy just crumbles, sir.

[Egoza]

Quote: Murmur 55

there are now such crowbars that they REALLY BREAK, and sledgehammers that the economy just crumbles, sir.

It is immediately clear that non-Soviet production

[Lech from Android.]

I agree with you ... For I welded a sledgehammer in the 80s and scrap from Soviet times ... the quality of the metal is such that it will survive both me and my grandchildren.

[mat-vey]

Quote: Lech from Android.

I will not believe..

Your business .. And I had a construction site under the command - there will be more samples ..

[Dead Fir]

Scrap in the cold 53 degrees breaks like glass, proven

[den3080]

Quote: Lech from Android.

The sledgehammer and crowbar never break, this technique is reliable in principle.

the crowbar can be bent
and break the handle of the sledgehammer.

[Lech from Android.]

Well I do not know, if my sledgehammer has a handle welded from a double iron rod of 20 mm, break you can be entered into the Guinness Book of Records.

[den3080]

Quote: Lech from Android.

Well I do not know, if my sledgehammer has a handle welded from a double iron rod of 20 mm, break you can be entered into the Guinness Book of Records.

Not ... well, this is a forbidden trick :))
and everything is given to the hands of the metal handle.
but then it can be bent like a scrap, although much more difficult :))

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: den3080

Quote: Lech from Android.

Well I do not know, if my sledgehammer has a handle welded from a double iron rod of 20 mm, break you can be entered into the Guinness Book of Records.

Not ... well, this is a forbidden trick :))
and everything is given to the hands of the metal handle.
but then it can be bent like a scrap, although much more difficult :))

It was, passed ... Hochma is that a welded pipe breaks by welding much faster than a wooden handle. And working with a piece of iron is extremely unpleasant.

[mat-vey]

Quote: den3080

the crowbar can be bent

The scrap can be hardened incorrectly .. and it will burst stupidly ... Deform the striker at the sledgehammer and this is no longer a tool without repair ..

[Charik]

and the glass keeper can be broken

[Avior]

Break down. And both :)

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: Lech from Android.

The sledgehammer and crowbar never break, this technique is reliable in principle.

Oh, I would have known, Lech, how many sledgehammers in the Soviet Army broke down in my crew ...
And not out of malice, but from intensive exploitation ...

[Thrifty]

"The reasons are unknown" - what exactly happened? Technical failure, false information on the remote control passed, the shaft hatch did not open? There must be some kind of justification, or excuse, what was it, why there was no launch!

[Murmur 55]

Perhaps the problems are not in the missile silo, generally not in the hardware, there was an article that they have REAL problems with the personnel.

[Egoza]

Quote: Thrifty

There must be some kind of justification, or excuse, what was it, why there was no launch!

So the aliens' GDP was directed to be given in the head from above. And the fact that they are in vain that they fly over their ships? They flew there, now they went to the missiles

[donavi49]

Yeah, here with the Russian commentators.

[Cosm22]

But the news of this is somehow delayed.
Although the previous SN10 flight exploded into the VO news column literally a few minutes after the accident.

[TARS_117]

Double standards - they are.

[TatarinSSSR]

Something under such news no one quotes the comments of the Poles and the British, where they say with joyful foam at the mouth that American missiles are a bluff, they are all old, rusty, they can only frighten the Ukrainians and America in general is a remnant country ... Probably the Poles and the British only notice Russian unsuccessful launches, since there are no such comments ...

[Rusticolus]

So the test was considered successful. The rocket has fully confirmed that it is a piece of rusty flightless junk. Well, throw some money on new ones, where can we go without it.

[Ruslan Sulima]

Poor P and W, even the legal leave promised by the GDP, does not allow them to take time off.
Damn, as if we said - today is a record, tomorrow is the norm)
By the way, it was a holiday for the ransomware yesterday)

[A. Privalov]

You shouldn't turn the discussion of military equipment on a specialized site into a solid banter.

For information only:

Previous tests of the Minuteman III took place in February at the same airbase, and the launch was considered successful.

[El Chuvachino]

You do this every time when it comes to issues or failures of Russian equipment.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: El Chuvachino

You do this every time when it comes to issues or failures of Russian equipment.

Well, I must somehow work off the State Department's silver coins. Or do you think that they are distributed to everyone in a row?
But seriously, as they say, "proofs in the studio." Indicate my comments, where I scoffed at the failures of Russian technology.

[El Chuvachino]

Quote: A. Privalov

Well, I must somehow work off the State Department's silver coins. Or do you think that they are distributed to everyone in a row?

Well, silver coins are better, because you can't find a fool worse than an ideological fool

Quote: A. Privalov

But seriously

But seriously, we don't throw out the words from the song. Banter and trolling not only about failures, but also about the capabilities of the Russian defense industry in general. No need to run far:

What is not a comment is a manipulation or a farce based on cheap banter.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: El Chuvachino

What is not a comment is a manipulation or a farce based on cheap banter.

I understand your "righteous anger".
Please, make your objections, if there are any, regarding the theses expressed by me, as they say, "without leaving the cashier." We will discuss there.

I recall an old joke.
There are two walking down the street. Suddenly a dove shits on one of them.
He asks the other:
- Is there a piece of paper?
- Why? .. Guzka flew away.

[aszzz888]

El Chuvachino (Dude)
Today, 09: 47

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Quote: A. Privalov
Well, I must somehow work off the State Department's silver coins. Or do you think that they are distributed to everyone in a row?

Well, silver coins are better, because you can't find a worse ideological fool hi
Quote: A. Privalov
But seriously

But seriously, we don't throw out the words from the song. Banter and trolling not only about failures, but also about the capabilities of the Russian defense industry in general. You don't need to run far: ..

Well washed Privalov, because he here, apart from his theses, does not remember anything, and does not know)). Therefore, he moved off the topic immediately, not into his vein.

[ironic]

It's like a joke, I hit him like a punch, I get up, but he is still standing. Do you even write something on the topic yourself? Malicious offtopic and flood.

[ironic]

I read it. It looks like someone is working off the Olginsky money cleaner than the State Department's Privalov money. In general, comparing the weighed and restrained to extreme forms of tolerance Privalov with manic military hysterics in VO, deprived of elementary human boundaries in their dreary attempts at sarcasm with acute grafaman syndrome, is like comparing a blow with a piece of polystyrene with a blow of a forged boot, about which dreamers are spreading with might and main here defended by big stars to the cheers of the cheer.

[aszzz888]

ironic (Sasha)
Today, 12: 54

"And we will go north, and we will go north!" I hope you know the character.

[ironic]

Yes, of course I find out, he has a lot of s-e in his nickname, he probably itches and judging by the numbers, his love of gambling on the internet, this is how the animal world among us manifests itself. What's wrong? It's like that.

[aszzz888]

A. Privalov (Alexander Privalov)
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Quote: El Chuvachino
You do this every time when it comes to issues or failures of Russian equipment.

Well, I must somehow work off the State Department's silver coins.

Who would doubt it, my young friend! Regarding their failure: go cry into their vest, maybe they will add.

[ironic]

He is not young and he is not your friend and this is natural. In order to have friends among people, you must first rise to the level of a person. Walking upright, primate ancestry and the presence of speech abilities do not yet mean the direct presence of human traits.

[aszzz888]

ironic (Sasha)
Today, 12: 56

My comets are higher. It tells you everything there.

[ironic]

your reflections from comment to comment do not change, you cry here in every topic, where you will be brought in with the same tears, what kind of reflection can you have? Only this.

[aszzz888]

ironic (Sasha)
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In the nineteenth sonnet, Shakespeare said ... walk, Vasya!

[ironic]

Are you Vasya? Why don't you walk then?

[aszzz888]

A. Privalov (Alexander Privalov)
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You shouldn't turn the discussion of military equipment on a specialized site into a solid banter. negative

I dare say the test of an unfriendly state, see the enemy. So why should I be touched and clap my hands?

[Narak-zempo]

It would be here to strike, since their ICBMs do not start.

[ironic]

Is your head all right? And if it starts in response? What will you write on the forum in the last posting in your life?

[Mylenef]

Is the floppy disk demagnetized?

[Cowbra]

The mask must be given, the Mask! He does better explosions. And in general, he will build a reusable blowjob for you, returning back. And what is typical, for free - he's a private trader
The point is that the Pentagon has played with its Horns and Hooves offices so much that there is no money or brains for official developments.

[tralflot1832]

Probably the kerosene was diluted with donkey urine!
But seriously, the Americans warned us that on such and such a day and an hour an ICBM would fly from such an area, we got ready, but here is such a bummer. We have an extra trump card in the negotiations!

[aszzz888]

"Cause unknown": US Air Force failed to test launch Minuteman III ICBMs

Or our guys again, or a hacker attack)) in Russia.

[rocket757]

"Cause unknown": US Air Force failed to test launch Minuteman III ICBMs

... It happens in general. That is why such checks / launches are carried out.

[Stepan S]

Something went wrong. Maybe it's just rust from a long downtime, it is necessary to inspect and turn weapons and technical equipment more often?

[petrol cutter]

And this event cannot but rejoice!
On this warm, sunny and cheerful May day! Jiggle

[Basarev]

California is a very democratic state. So in the light of the current party showdown, everything is very clear - the Trumpists are to blame.