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US military test-launches intercontinental ballistic missile

According to VNA 07/09/2023 - 07:59

AFP news agency quoted the US Air Force's announcement stating that this is one of the regular and periodic activities to test the nuclear deterrent capability to be safe, secure, reliable and effective.

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US tests Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017

On September 6, the US military announced a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

AFP news agency quoted the US Air Force's announcement as stating that this is one of the regular and periodic activities to test the country's nuclear deterrent capability to be safe, secure, reliable and effective. More than 300 similar tests have been conducted before.

Before the launch early on September 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Pentagon said it had been preparing for the test launch for years and had notified the Russian government of its plans.

The Minuteman III has been in service for 50 years and is currently the only land-launched ICBM in the US nuclear arsenal, along with Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons carried by strategic bombers.

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