US Air Force Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile After INF Treaty Exit

Business Insider: The US just shot off another ground-launched cruise missile, the 2nd since a key arms control pact with Russia collapsed

* The US tested a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile Thursday morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
* The test saw the missile fly over 500 kilometers and is the second such test since the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty collapsed this summer.
* Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has called the development of intermediate-range weapons a "prudent response" to Russia, as well as a necessary capability given the capabilities of China's missile force.

The US conducted its second flight test of a missile that would have been banned under the restrictions of a now-defunct arms control agreement with Russia, Air Force officials told Insider on Thursday.

The US military tested a prototype conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) Thursday morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

"We are currently evaluating the results of the test," officials told Insider.

Thursday's missile launch marks the second such test since the US formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in August in response to alleged Russian violations of the 1987 agreement.

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