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Whoa! USA Sends Message: Launches ICBM into South Pacific and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions a Top Concern! (Videos)

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4-26-17

 

TENSIONS ON THE RISE

The U.S. Air Force test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which traveled over 4,000 miles before splashing down in the South Pacific after launching early Wednesday from a base in California. 

The nuclear-capable missile was unarmed, according to the Air Force, and comes amid increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. 

The Minuteman III missile blasted off at 12:03 a.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles.


FromPaulBegley

USA Launches ICBM Into South Pacific

The U.S. Air Force has 450 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles in underground silos across three bases in Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana. This number will be reduced to 400 in the coming years, according to a senior U.S. military official

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North Korea’s nuclear ambitions a top concern

Insight from retired 4 star Admiral Robert Natter, former commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet

The U.S. military also maintains a fleet of long range B-2 and B-52 bombers capable of delivering nuclear weapons as well as a fleet of ballistic missile submarines. Air Force fighter jets can carry smaller tactical nuclear weapons as well.  

The mission was part of a program to test the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system, Air Force officials said.

The 30th Space Wing commander, Col. John Moss, said Minuteman launches have been essential to verify the status of the U.S. nuclear force and to demonstrate the national nuclear capabilities.

Continued

In a Minuteman test, a so-called re-entry vehicle travels more than 4,000 miles downrange to a target at Kwajalein Atoll near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

“Team V is once again ready to work with Air Force Global Strike Command to successfully launch another Minuteman III missile,” Moss said. “These Minuteman launches are essential to verify the status of our national nuclear force and to demonstrate our national nuclear capabilities. We are proud of our long history in partnering with the men and women of the 576th Flight Test Squadron to execute these missions for the nation.”

The 576th Flight Test Squadron will be responsible for installed tracking, telemetry, and command destruct systems on the missile.


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    • timltbird

      This was a scheduled test launch…nothing to see here.

    • tonyw

      real nice of them to inflame the situation more..I think the american have no idea how to conduct themselves properly. the last thing you want to be seen doing is the exact same thing you decry NK of doing. NK is now doing exactly the same as you so it must be ok now

      • Boo

        tonyw … these drills and tests are schedule years in advance. But your point is well taken. They only caveat here you might consider is that we don’t threaten a another nuclear power nation with … we will nuke you as soon as we move past our testing phase while we’re at it like NK does.

        • Andy

          NK threatens, but the US has actually nuked 2 cities full of civilians and according to 6 US generals and admirals of the time, including the supreme commander of the allied forces said doing so “would provide no military benefit whatsoever”

          the US has deposed more than 20 democratically elected governments and installed more than 20 dictators,,, the US has illegally invaded many nations,,,

          the US needs to stand down, close over 100 foreign military bases, bring the troops home and MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

          no way on earth the US has the high moral ground, for anything

          • Boo

            Andy … we actually we’re at war with Japan at the time. This happened after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. No one is going to nuke NK, and we have deferred all actions to be taken where Little Kim is concerned to China for the time being. Not sure what your reading but the US is looking at NK as a growing threat, but not a direct threat at this time.

    • unidentified

      they dont like being called chinese puppets

    • ruffsoft

      It’s all dangerous bullshit theater. North Korea will not be attacked because it has enough nukes to annihilate a good part of South Korea, including the capital and 4 or 5 nuclear facilities, which would poison not only Korea but a huge part of China as well.

      No nuclear power has ever been attacked. So this is all symbolic saber rattling with the ultimate effect of justifying spending more on defense, increasing the arms race, as other nations try to catch up, which, history shows, usually leads to war. The reason wars are fought by proxy is because if a nuclear power engages in battle, it threatens the entire world with a nuclear confrontation and the end of mankind.

      The US can send all the warships and missile launchers it wants but it will never risk (he says, assuming our leaders are sane) a war started by North Korea responding by attacking South Korea, and bringing another nuclear power, China into the war. So the real goal is to pump up support for buying more weapons, feeding the Military/Industrial Complex, which thrives on war and threats of war.

      North Korea learned from Libya. When Gaddafi gave up his WMD and trusted the West, they attacked, brutally killed him, and destroyed the richest nation in Africa with the highest ranking for Human Development and no debt, free healthcare, free education, and rich resources. Today, the per capita income is but in half, ISIS and militia fight for control, and foreign oil companies are looting LIbyan resources.

      North Korea, which has seen moderate economic growth in the last few years, saw what heppened when Libya gave up its WMD, so there is no way they will expose themselves to the destruction that Libya got. They know enough NOT to trust the US, as do we all.

      • unidentified

        north korea probably isnt the biggest concern right now, south korea exports a lot of products from cars to smartphones and is their biggest neighbor and trading partner, the real threat is getting hit in the middle east

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