RT International The exercise was part of “routine and periodic activities,” the American military has said
The American military conducted a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on the day that the nation’s voters were choosing their next president, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said in a statement on Wednesday. The launch was part of “routine” practice and followed “months of preparation,” it added.
An unarmed Minuteman III ICBM was launched from the US Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 11:01pm Pacific Time on November 5, the statement said. The missile traveled some 4,200 miles (6,759km) to the US Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site located at the Kwajalein Atoll within the Pacific territory of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The test launch was intended to demonstrate that the US nuclear deterrent “is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter 21st century threats and reassure our allies,” the command stated, adding that 300 similar launches had previously been conducted. The US military also denied that the move was in any way linked to “current world events.”
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