Vandenberg Space Force Base to test launch unarmed U.S. military nuclear missile

KTLA ^ | 5/18/2025 | Lily Dallow

[dpetty121263]

New York City would be a good test area...

[No name given]

So would San Fransucko.

[dpetty121263]

TRUTH!

[Agatsu77]

This is no big deal. They do these launches every year.

[rlmorel]

Right. Just to ensure they still work.

[telescope115]

tickticktickticktivktick……..

[South Dakota]

Here in Golden valley Arizona we see the launches sometime
Quite a sight to see

[Libloather]

When can we send up the armed kind?

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“Right. Just to ensure they still work.”
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I was briefly TDY on Johnson and Kwajalein islands in the Marshall Islands, the target area for ballistic missiles being tested on the Pacific Missile Range. Just during my short assignment, I saw three of the test launches come in at the range.

Testing the strategic reserve is a good way to remind idiots like Kim, Xi, and Putin that we haven’t totally lost our ability to defend the USA and our interests.

[rlmorel]

I agree. If we have them, we should ensure they function and that the crews are well trained enough to launch them.

[Navy Patriot]

Vandenberg Space Force Base to test launch unarmed U.S. military nuclear missile

Perhaps they could wave their fins as they pass the Russian missile.

[Cobra64]

Really? So you propose the murder of 9,000,000 Americans in the NY City area? If Trump and wife, Melania, and Son Barron lived there, they would have been murdered also.

[Cobra64]

Yup. I think since the early 1960s.

[pburiak]

The missiles are flying! Hallelujah!!

[Agatsu77]

” “Right. Just to ensure they still work.”
____________________________________________________________

I was briefly TDY on Johnson and Kwajalein islands in the Marshall Islands, the target area for ballistic missiles being tested on the Pacific Missile Range. Just during my short assignment, I saw three of the test launches come in at the range.

Testing the strategic reserve is a good way to remind idiots like Kim, Xi, and Putin that we haven’t totally lost our ability to defend the USA and our interests.” “

I was also on Johnson and Kwajalein islands in the Marshall Islands, for 3 tests in the 90s. Like rlmorel said, Its a real good way to remind people of stuff they should remember.

[D_Idaho]

“unarmed”
wink* wink*

[Revel]

Lets hope that it is not a dud.

[Daaave]

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