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Repurposed ICBM launched secret US spy satellites from California

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket launched the NROL-174 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It was the first launch of a Minotaur IV from the site since 2011, the NRO said via ...
The Escapist

ICBM: Escalation – let’s go mushroom hunting in the clouds

So, I watched Houses of Dynamite on Netflix last weekend. That was a laugh. I also recently read the best-selling Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobson, which was amazing. As a kid, I used to have ...
PC Gamer

There's a valuable LEDX you can grab in Escape From Tarkov's tutorial—and it's lost forever if you don't

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AOL

The US Air Force's new strategic bomber and ICBM got more money — almost $1 billion —in the government shutdown deal

Money has been allocated for construction related to the B-21 Raider bomber and Sentinel ICBM. Nuclear modernization is a priority for the Air Force, but some cost overruns and delays have affected ...
Noozhawk

ICBM Test Launch Marks 60th Mission of 2025 from Vandenberg SFB

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:35 a.m, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ICBM systems require regular testing to verify ...
Stars and Stripes

Air Force tests Minuteman III ICBM as part of US nuclear triad maintenance and modernization

The Air Force said it successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Wednesday, part of regular testing of the land-based ...
CNN

As its ruling party turns 80, an emboldened Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s new hypersonic weapon, ICBM

North Korea showed off a new hypersonic glide vehicle and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) at a military parade late Friday, as it marked 80 years of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. The ...
NBC Chicago

North Korea is close to an ICBM that can hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, South Korea says

North Korea is close to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the United States with a nuclear weapon, South Korea’s president said Thursday — though he added that it has yet ...
USNI

GAO Report on Air Force ICBM Modernization Program

The Air Force has developed planning documents for the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel but has not developed a risk management plan. The transition was planned to begin in fiscal year 2025, ...
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North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM engine test: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine used for long range nuclear missiles, state media reported on Tuesday, marking another key step in in a weapons programme Western ...
American Enterprise Institute

More than a Sponge: The Case for a Sufficient ICBM Force

Opponents of the next-generation ICBM often reduce its mission to that of a warhead “sponge”: That is, should an adversary attempt to disarm the US nuclear force, its primary purpose is to soak up the ...
Newsweek

How China’s Surprise ICBM Test Alarmed US Pacific Ally

China has been accused of "misleading" New Zealand—a United States security ally in the South Pacific—regarding its test of an unarmed but nuclear-capable long-range missile in 2024. In a statement to ...