June 6, 2024, 9:02 pm
One of the key elements of America’s nuclear deterrence has been tested amidst rising tensions.
US Air Force has announced,
“A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle June 4 at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.”
It was noted “The ICBM’s re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on the U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. RTS sensors, including high-fidelity metric and signature radars, as well as optical sensors and telemetry, support the research, development, test and evaluation of America’s defense and space programs. For these tests, RTS team members collect radar, optical and telemetry data in the terminal phase of flight to evaluate system performance. “
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the test firing of Minuteman-III ICBM is a powerful message ?
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:20 OVERVIEW
03:12 RANGE & LAUNCH PLATFORM
04:12 HIGHLY ACCURATE & RELIABLE
05:40 MIRV CAPABLE WITH POWERFUL WARHEADS
07:32 ANALYSIS
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▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com)
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