“ On November 5, the US Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Base in California. Source: “European Truth” with reference to the Vandenberg Base website Details: This test, designated GT 254, was reportedly intended to assess the current reliability, combat readiness and accuracy of the ICBM system. Using the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) aboard a US Navy E-6B Mercury, a Strategic Operations Squadron airman team initiated the launch, verifying the effectiveness and continued availability of the ALCS, a backup command and control system for the ICBM force. “The data collected during the test is invaluable to ensuring the continued reliability and accuracy of the ICBM weapon system,” said Lt. Col. Karrie Ray, 576th Flight Test Squadron commander. As noted, this launch is part of a series of routine and periodic activities critical to evaluating and validating Minuteman III capabilities. The unarmed ICBM warhead flew approximately 4,200 miles (about 6,800 km) to the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Reagan Proving Ground is equipped with advanced sensors, including high-precision metric and signature radars, optical sensors and telemetry. They collected important data during the final phase of the flight. Background: US President Donald Trump announced at the end of October that he had instructed the Pentagon to “immediately begin testing the United States’ nuclear weapons.” US Vice President J.D. Vance said that Donald Trump’s statement about the potential resumption of nuclear tests is related to the need to keep it functioning. Trump’s statement on the resumption of nuclear weapons tests as a warning to the Russian Federation has divided Congress: Republicans welcome the decision, while Democrats consider it a dangerous measure of revenge. Trump’s statement about nuclear weapons came against the background of Kremlin master Vladimir Putin’s praise of tests of the Burevisnyk cruise missile with a nuclear power plant. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that nuclear weapons tests currently do not involve “nuclear explosions”.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
photo: US Space Force Tech. Sgt. Drake Layman Source: “European truth” with a link to the site of the Vandenberg base
Details: This test, designated GT 254, was reportedly intended to assess the current reliability, combat readiness and accuracy of the ICBM system.
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Using the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) aboard a US Navy E-6B Mercury, a Strategic Operations Squadron airman team initiated the launch, verifying the effectiveness and continued availability of the ALCS, a backup command and control system for the ICBM force.
“The data collected during the test is invaluable to ensuring the continued reliability and accuracy of the ICBM weapon system,” said Lt. Col. Karrie Ray, 576th Flight Test Squadron commander.
As noted, this launch is part of a series of routine and periodic activities critical to evaluating and validating Minuteman III capabilities.
The unarmed ICBM warhead flew approximately 4,200 miles (about 6,800 km) to the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The Reagan Proving Ground is equipped with advanced sensors, including high-precision metric and signature radars, optical sensors and telemetry. They collected important data during the final phase of the flight.
Prehistory:
- US President Donald Trump announced at the end of October that he had instructed the Pentagon to “immediately begin testing the United States’ nuclear weapons.”
- US Vice President J.D. Vance said that Donald Trump’s statement about the potential resumption of nuclear tests is related to the need to keep it functioning.
- Trump’s statement on the resumption of nuclear weapons tests as a warning to the Russian Federation has divided Congress: Republicans welcome the decision, while Democrats consider it a dangerous measure of revenge.
- Trump’s statement about nuclear weapons came against the background of Kremlin master Vladimir Putin’s praise of tests of the Burevisnyk cruise missile with a nuclear power plant.
- US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that nuclear weapons tests are currently underway do not foresee “nuclear explosions”.