Video: US successfully launches Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile – projectile without nuclear warhead flew over 6,700 km

The United States Air Force Global Strike Command conducted another missile test Minuteman III. The launch was successful.

What is known

On February 9, an unarmed version of the Minuteman III rocket was launched from the Vandenberg military base of the US Space Forces. As part of the test, she flew 6759 km. The US military added that the test was unrelated to current world events.

The launch of an ICBM is part of a demonstration that a nuclear deterrent force is effective, reliable and safe. The United States has conducted such tests more than 300 times.

Minuteman III is the only silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile in the United States nuclear arsenal. Mines are located in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming. The missile was put into service in 1970. It can hit targets at a distance of 12,000 km.

Source: AFGSCA