The United States conducted another test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

The United States conducted another test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, the launch of the ICBM took place from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is stated in the message of the press service of the base.

The launch of the ICBM took place on Thursday, February 9 at 23:01 local time, when it was already 10 am in Moscow on Friday, February 10. The missile was tested without a warhead, with a test warhead. In the Pentagon, such a test is called "routine", Russia is notified in advance about the upcoming tests. Despite the lack of contacts between countries, the line of communication for the military remains, all sorts of cases can happen.

The US Air Force Global Strikes Command fired a Minuteman III ICBM equipped with a test warhead on February 9 at 23.01:XNUMX p.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

- said in a statement.

ICBM tests are traditionally carried out from a silo at the former Vandenberg Air Force Base, which was assigned to the US Space Forces. It is located 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Minuteman III is the only land-based intercontinental ballistic missile currently in service with the United States since 1970. The three-stage missile was developed specifically for confrontation with the Soviet Union. The Minuteman III ICBM is capable of hitting a target at a range of 12 kilometers with three warheads. According to reports, about 450 ICBMs were in service with the United States, some of them were used for testing. The service life of missiles expires in 2030, it can no longer be extended, the Pentagon says.

Comments

[Orange Bigg]

The service life of missiles expires in 2030, it can no longer be extended, the Pentagon says.

Great. Like all Ohios, they should be written off by about the same time, since it is also no longer possible to extend their service life. Some submarines will serve for more than 40 years by that time. The US Navy originally planned the Ohio service life of 30 years, but then this period was extended to 42 years. Ohio-class submarines are a series of third-generation American strategic nuclear submarines that entered service from 1981 to 1997.

[withoutreverse]

"Sarmatian" is on their heads !! Are they scaring us?

[AVA77]

It is they who cheer themselves up, extend the service life. See if the rockets are rotten.

[tralflot1832]

And what are the results, did she take off?

[poquello]

Quote: tralflot1832

ude the United States they are bullets into the Pacific Ocean

on minuteman missiles - where they shoot and where they aim usually does not match

[Shket53]

For Transflot1832 .. Lourdes used to do this ... who is now ...

[voyaka uh]

They're shooting at an atoll in the western Pacific Ocean.
There are a lot of devices that fix the accuracy of the hit.
The missile warhead itself, like its first stage, is also hung with sensors. The entire trajectory is fixed.

[1erWahrheitsMinister_1984]

Wäre es nicht gut, wenn man diese "Minutemann" unterwegs
umprogrammieren könnte, damit sie eine 180grad Schleife
drehen und wieder "nach Hause" fliegen, or zumindest
nach England...!! Ware doch wirklich schon, wenn diese
Idioten sich selbst "versenken", oder im "friendly fire"
zumindest Großbritanien, oder Polen...!!!?

[Grandfather]

Quote: 1erWahrheitsMinister_1984

Wäre es nicht gut, wenn man diese "Minutemann" unterwegs
umprogrammieren könnte, damit sie eine 180grad Schleife
drehen und wieder "nach Hause" fliegen, or zumindest
nach England...!! Ware doch wirklich schon, wenn diese
Idioten sich selbst "versenken", oder im "friendly fire"
zumindest Großbritanien, oder Polen...!!!?

varum zagen niht auf rusish?

[Poplar]

In general, mattresses with ground-based ICBMs are not doing well. Therefore, they have chosen a different strategy: to drag them as close as possible to the borders of Russia, so that the flight time is shorter, for this they are moving their Natu with all their might to the east. Again, they have hope that if Europe "shoots" at us, then maybe they won't fly to them. They really hope.

[cash]

they relied on water-based, on tridents