The end is near???

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-launches-unarmed-icbm-pacific-ocean-china-north-korea-tensions

Just like this administration. Impotent.

This is done on a regular basis to test readiness, from Vandenburg...not from one of our ICBM silos in the northern plains.


Edit: Also it's a test of the missile, not a nuke test. There's no nuclear warhead onboard.

I remember when Trump ordering a missile strike on an Iranian general was going to cause WWIII

Testing an actual ICBM? Not so much

We do this, Russia does this. Hell, Iran and a North Korea do this..

Not a problem as long as it isn't aimed at someone who will interpret it as a threat and respond.

I was on an SSBN and we did these quite regularly. One time they were supposed to say something like "this is a test" and instead said something along the lines of "we are firing nukes against an enemy". There was a little pucker factor there.

Don't remember ever hearing about us launching ICBM tests. You also don't think the timing of this test is "suspicious"?

CardiffGiant said:

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Don't remember ever hearing about us launching ICBM tests. You also don't think the timing of this test is "suspicious"?

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Then you haven't been paying attention. It happens several times a year.

The US regularly test fires unarmed ICBMs. The Russians do it as well. When either country is planning a test launch, the date, time, flight track, and launch location is provided to the other nuclear powers so there is no chance of a misunderstanding.

Your title is extremely inaccurate. There was no live warhead on the missile. Heck, in all the years of nuclear testing, we fired exactly 1 ballistic missile (Polaris SLBM) with a live warhead at a target (Dominic Frigate Bird); not counting the exoatmospheric tests as part of Operation Fishbowl.

Just because you don't remember hearing about it doesn't mean we don't do it.

back in the good old days:

CardiffGiant said:

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Don't remember ever hearing about us launching ICBM tests. You also don't think the timing of this test is "suspicious"?

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No

Then thank God for the bomb

Thank God for the bomb
Thank God for the bomb
Thank God for the bomb

Nuke you, nuke you

Today was tomorrow, yesterday
It's funny how time can slip away
The face of the doomsday clock
Has launched a thousand wars
As we near the final hour
Time is the only foe we have

From Aug 2022:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/08/16/military-test-fires-nuclear-icbm/2311660668794/

2020:

www.aa.com.tr%2Fen%2Famericas%2Fus-test-fires-intercontinental-ballistic-missile%2F2023962&usg=AOvVaw2KYly-wborGTWsEYPAxoS1

2016:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-nuclear/u-s-test-fires-icbms-to-stress-its-power-to-russia-north-korea-idUSKCN0VZ02R

We regularly test missiles so not a big deal but your point of the timing of the test has merit. Could be a kill two birds with one stone.

CardiffGiant said:

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Don't remember ever hearing about us launching ICBM tests. You also don't think the timing of this test is "suspicious"?

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There is a turning basin at Cape Canaveral called the "Trident Turning Basin". Why would the Air Force (Now Space Force) need submarines? They don't. But the Navy needs access to the Space Force's tracking radars to verify the performance of our ICBMs when they test them and used to park subs at that location:



There is nothing noteworthy about testing ICBMs.

Reminds me of the incident in Arkansas in 1980. The documentary is a good watch.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/command-and-control/

CardiffGiant said:

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Don't remember ever hearing about us launching ICBM tests. You also don't think the timing of this test is "suspicious"?

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It's the gov. Do you really think they could turn a test around in a week? Do you know how many groups/businesses they warn before doing this and all the regulation/control that goes into it?

They don't wake up and say I'm gonna test a bomb today.

Terrible thread title. There was no nuke involved. Just the missile

No, but they might have accelerated the date by a few days.

CardiffGiant said:

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Don't remember ever hearing about us launching ICBM tests. You also don't think the timing of this test is "suspicious"?

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Pucker up everyone...Cardiff doesn't remember previous tests...Hug your loved ones

CanyonAg77 said:

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Terrible thread title. There was no no one involved. Just the missile

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Yeah - probably a good opportunity for a staff title correction. An unarmed ICBM is VERY different from a nuclear test.

Assume this test was to show Zelenskyy how these work so we can ship some over to him to point at Russia. Scuttle is Hunter ICBM Shipping Services won the contract to get these over there. Big Guy Logistics will assist in the transfer.

Get Off My Lawn said:

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Terrible thread title. There was no no one involved. Just the missile

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Yeah - probably a good opportunity for a staff title correction. An unarmed ICBM is VERY different from a nuclear test.

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Yep, nuclear tests were banned decades ago. The treaty was with the Soviets, but we still honor it.

That doesn't mean we don't test components, such as dropping test bombs without explosive or nuclear warheads on board. It's a way to test fuzing and circuitry

CardiffGiant said:

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The end is near???

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-launches-unarmed-icbm-pacific-ocean-china-north-korea-tensions

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The 576th routinely launches unarmed test shots out of the western range toward Kwaj

> US fires test nuke

An unarmed ICBM is not a test nuke

This is a test nuke

For anyone interested, our last nuclear test was over 30 years ago

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/location/nevada-test-site/

CanyonAg77 said:

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Get Off My Lawn said:

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Terrible thread title. There was no no one involved. Just the missile

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Yeah - probably a good opportunity for a staff title correction. An unarmed ICBM is VERY different from a nuclear test.

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Yep, nuclear tests were banned decades ago. The treaty was with the Soviets, but we still honor it.

That doesn't mean we don't test components, such as dropping test bombs without explosive or nuclear warheads on board. It's a way to test fuzing and circuitry

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Atmospheric, underwater, and outer space nuclear tests were banned under the Limited Test Ban Treaty. Underground testing is still permitted. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was rejected by nearly the entire Senate so if we wanted to, we could conduct underground tests. The only thing preventing us from doing so is the moratorium put in place by Bush 41 remains in force. Bush 43 actually had us prepared to resume testing since we were looking at some new warheads for our ICBMs, but Obama canceled all of that.

Terrible title

Biden must be trying to order grub hub again…

Thanks for correction

Geddy Lee soul patch said:

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This is done on a regular basis to test readiness, from Vandenburg...not from one of our ICBM silos in the northern plains.


Edit: Also it's a test of the missile, not a nuke test. There's no nuclear warhead onboard.

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As a former ICBM officer, I can vouch for this comment.