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Air Force fires unarmed ICBM into Pacific Ocean with aim toward deterrence
- 32gbsd 4y agoThis is good news for the war machine
- jimmygrapes 4y agoElection season must be coming up
- graderjs 4y agoHow do you notify other countries when you are going to fire an ICBM that it's just a test? Also, could this possible just be cover for taking out some secret UAP undersea base that spawns all those USOs?
- LinuxBender 4y agoThere are agreements in place discussed here [1] and documented here [2] but there are probably better documents that cover all the nuclear powers. [1] - https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/34628/do-countries-inform-each-other-about-ballistic-missile-test-launches https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/34628/do-countr... [2] - https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/treaties/launch-notification.html https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/treaties/launch-noti...
- klyrs 4y agoThat'll show those uppity whales to stop the incessant assaults on our beaches
- cheezerman 4y agoVandenberg routinely launches ICBMs, this isn't anything new. They launch a few times a year [1] [1]: https://www.spacearchive.info/vafblog.htm https://www.spacearchive.info/vafblog.htm
- remarkEon 4y agoYeah this kind of thing is very routine. Whether it should be is a separate question, and the timing is probably why this is making the news.
- bailoon 4y agoFunny how when we do it, it's "aimed toward deterrence". When other nations do it, it's portrayed as a threat to the entire world. "North korea fires unarmed ICBM into Pacific Ocean with aim toward deterrence." That's more valid than stripes' title.
- watersb 4y agoA great article on the Minuteman ICBM testing program can be found in the Spring 2020 issue of "National Security Science", a glossy popular-science publication (not academic journal) of Los Alamos National Labs. Page 50, "A Moment of Glory" https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/national-security-science/2020-spring/ https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/national-security-sci...