Air Force Times: Air Force aborts test launch of unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile
The Air Force said Wednesday it called off a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, after the weapon turned itself off during the final countdown.
The intercontinental ballistic missile, fired from an underground silo at the coastal base, “experienced a ground abort prior to launch,” the service said in a release.
“During terminal countdown, the missile computer detected a fault in the sequence of checks it does prior to launching. Upon detection of this fault, it shut itself down,” just as the system is designed to do, Air Force Global Strike Command spokesperson Carla Pampe told Air Force Times.
USAF will investigate the root cause of the problem. “There has not been an incident like this in recent memory,” Pampe added.
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4 comments:
No doubt the problem was a part manufactured in Communist China that failed to perform as expected. Fancy that.
Part of the problem has to be that this missile is close to 50 years old.
7:38: yes and it is not a that bad news, after all it shows our Congress what it has to be done.
"Part of the problem has to be that this missile is close to 50 years old."
"7:38: yes and it is not a that bad news, after all it shows our Congress what it has to be done."
Trump wanted to update the nuclear force. People decried him as being a warmonger and wasting money better spent on failed Democrat policies. This shows Trump was correct.
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