Posted on 05/18/2025 11:37:24 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vandenberg Space Force Base announced the U.S. military will be test-launching an unarmed nuclear missile from northern Santa Barbara County early Wednesday morning.
Southern California residents awake between the scheduled launch hours of 12:01 a.m. and 5:01 a.m. on May 21 might be able to hear or catch a glimpse of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Air Force Global Strike Command explained that the test launch of this rocket-propelled weapon is to “demonstrate the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces,” and to prove the “lethality and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent.”
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New York City would be a good test area...
So would San Fransucko.
TRUTH!
This is no big deal. They do these launches every year.
Right. Just to ensure they still work.
tickticktickticktivktick……..
Here in Golden valley Arizona we see the launches sometime
Quite a sight to see
When can we send up the armed kind?
“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.
I agree. If we have them, we should ensure they function and that the crews are well trained enough to launch them.
Perhaps they could wave their fins as they pass the Russian missile.
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.
Yup. I think since the early 1960s.
The missiles are flying! Hallelujah!!
” “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.” “
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.
“unarmed”
wink* wink*
Lets hope that it is not a dud.
In Service-Minuteman III: 1970–present, Wikipedia
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