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Unarmed Minuteman III test

WATCH: US Air force Global Strike Command launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. US Air Force airmen from 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, were selected for the task force to support the test launch. The reentry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles to Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands.

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justwiseenough said:
Let’s hope. Once the first one flies, it will be next to impossible to stop the next ones.
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Russian test coming soon (as per NOTAMs). Looks like Plesetsk to Kura.

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justwiseenough said:
Between the US test, Putin ordering Novaya Zemlya to be ready to start tests and this.....it’s going to be interesting times.
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I'm not worried about ICBM tests per se. They happen from time to time. In fact, they have been happening ever since ICBMs were invented. Nuclear weapons - along with the associated procedures and rituals - did not go away after the Cold War ended; we just stopped caring.

Of course this particular test is clearly timed to coincide with the anniversary of the war and with Putin's upcoming big speech. He's trying to tell us something all right. That, in itself, is notable.

As for a potential nuke test in Nova Zemlya - if it happens, I would regard it as more posturing. Russia doesn't actually need to test its nukes. The test range has been maintained in a state of quasi-readiness for some time now (think years) but I haven't heard of any specific recent developments that would signal an impending test.
 
Socom7 said:
I'm not worried about ICBM tests per se. They happen from time to time. In fact, they have been happening ever since ICBMs were invented. Nuclear weapons - along with the associated procedures and rituals - did not go away after the Cold War ended; we just stopped caring.

Of course this particular test is clearly timed to coincide with the anniversary of the war and with Putin's upcoming big speech. He's trying to tell us something all right. That, in itself, is notable.

As for a potential nuke test in Nova Zemlya - if it happens, I would regard it as more posturing. Russia doesn't actually need to test its nukes. The test range has been maintained in a state of quasi-readiness for some time now (think years) but I haven't heard of any specific recent developments that would signal an impending test.
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The timing is what interests me. I understand that it’s just normal goings on,for the most part. Computer modeling has pretty much eliminated the need for actual nuclear tests. Putin does find himself being backed into a corner and the war isn’t going well. Probably hoping that posturing, rhetoric and telling NATO not to continue to poke the bear will get them to back down and let him annex Ukraine.
 
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