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A test of unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle that launched on June 4 at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.The United States Air Force and U.S. Space Force conducted two routine test launches of unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles this week.in California at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time on June 4. The second launched at June 6 at 1:46 a.m. Pacific Time on June 6, also from Vandenberg.
After launch, both the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles flew some 4,200 miles before their reentry vehicles landed in the U.S. military's Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the Marshall Islands' Kwajalein Atoll."The fact that we were able to complete two operational test launches in one week is a testimony to the excellence and professionalism of the Airmen and Guardians who do this mission every day," Cruise said in the statement.
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches through the fog during an operational test at 1:46 a.m. Pacific Time at Vandenberg Space Force base, Calif, 6 June 2024.Like all ICBMS, both of the Minuteman III missiles in these tests were launched into suborbital space with a rocket engine before releasing their reentry vehicles back through
A U.S. Government Accountability Office illustration showing the different flight profiles of ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles, and hypersonic glide vehicles.These new types of hypersonic reentry vehicles are much more difficult to defend against due to their ability to maneuver mid-flight, not to mention their high speed. Hypersonic vehicles are those that can travel at speeds of Mach 5 and higher.
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