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2025-05-23 Science & Technology

US tests launch of nuclear-capable ICBM Minuteman III in show of force

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [170 views ] Top

#1 ~~In Show of Force~~
In show of we shoot one off before they get to the use by date to check things.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-05-23 08:47|| 2025-05-23 08:47|| Front Page Top

#2 a single Mark-21 High Fidelity Re-Entry Vehicle

It plays "Ride of the Valkyries" really loud during the terminal guidance phase of its trajectory.

Shooting one off every now and then assures that the batteries are still charged and nobody lost the keys to the launch switches.

Posted by SteveS 2025-05-23 09:22|| 2025-05-23 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 ...I came up through B-52s myself, but you gotyta admit = one of those things going for a walk will put the fear of God and Curtis LeMay into you.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-05-23 10:20|| 2025-05-23 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Flies lots of miles and hits the intended target. NK has some work to do.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-05-23 10:54|| 2025-05-23 10:54|| Front Page Top

#5 near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands

What'd they ever do to us?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-23 11:52|| 2025-05-23 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Minuteman III vs Yars: US ICBM Passes Test Days After Russian Launch Flops

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-23 11:56|| 2025-05-23 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 traveled[sic] 15,000mph to a test range... For starters that should be travelling. Additionally, "MPH??" is a meaningless technobabble insertion. Legions of fact checks and editors, bet it was machine spellchecked.

Posted by magpie 2025-05-23 14:25|| 2025-05-23 14:25|| Front Page Top

#8 15,000 mph/5000 miles ... 1/3 hour~20 minutes?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-23 21:44|| 2025-05-23 21:44|| Front Page Top

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