Went 2800 miles up into space...that could reach the midwest..
Not Likely. The apogee of a Minuteman III is about 700 miles.
The distance quoted is likely the range as compared to a Minuteman's 6,000 miles.
“Went 2800 miles up into space...that could reach the midwest..”
Drudge has a link up that says total flight time was 50 minutes.
Bizarre.
We can send a Minuteman III to the limit of it’s range of 10,000 miles in 40 minutes.
Not Likely. The apogee of a Minuteman III is about 700 miles.
The distance quoted is likely the range as compared to a Minuteman's 6,000 miles.
Must have been an altitude test and it pretty much much went straight up and down