A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States' nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter twenty-first century threats and rear allies. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Rocio Romo)
US News and World Report: U.S. Test Launches ICBM Into Pacific as Part of Nuclear ‘Deterrence Mission’
Military officials said the test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile serves as a reminder that the U.S. can ‘deter twenty-first century threats.’
The U.S. Air Force test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean neighborhood of its adversaries in China and North Korea late Thursday at a time of growing international concern that brewing tensions among nuclear powers could escalate into a new arms race.
Air Force Global Strike Command described the launch of the Minuteman III missile, which was unarmed, as “routine” and designed to reassure allies. But it also seemed to acknowledge the growing bellicose language from American adversaries in recent weeks.
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U.S. Test Launches ICBM Into Pacific
Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent -- Space Force
US test launches unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile -- Defense News/AP
US launches unarmed ICBM into Pacific Ocean amid China, North Korea tensions -- FOX News
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Now Uncle Sam flexes his muscles: US fires Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean - after Chinese spy balloon flew over Montana's 'nuclear doomsday' bas
Officials said the launch was 'not the result of current world events'
I really do not think that sends a signal of strength to Beijing or Moscow. I think in the midst of a shooting war, it actually sends signal of weakness.
A signal of strength would be not running out of artillery ammo and not sending reinforcements into Ukrainian drib and drabs.
I think we should nuke every continent. Especially Antarctica.
To show we are strong.
buy or sell slightly used nukes on ebay
We should stake out 8:34 face down on a desert island and show that CEP for a nuke is less than a gnat's ass.
A successful ICBM launch certainly does send a message of strength, that the USA is capable of destroying its enemies in a worse case scenario. But destroying its enemies would likely mean the destruction of 95% of mankind as collateral damage. No wonder the elites are all investing heavily in underground shelters.
I'm very scared of everything around me.
"A successful ICBM launch certainly does send a message of strength, that the USA is capable of destroying its enemies in a worse case scenario"
And that is the problem. It can show weakness to persevere in a less than worse case scenario such as the conquest of Ukraine by Russia.
If the Russian invasion of Ukraine would lead to
a) A conventional war with Russia to the end
b) A nuclear war with the West
Raspootah would never have invaded.
The Chechen Warlord is wrong. Poland is not next. Moldova is.
To get around a NATO confrontation, the Russian will stage a coup and then a repudiation of NATO membership.
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