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(VERO BEACH, FL) According to the Air Force Global Strike Command a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile minus its standard nuclear payload will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on April 26th to test the weapon’s effectiveness, accuracy, and readiness.
The launch will be overseen by the 576th Flight Test Squadron from Vandenberg’s 30th Space Wing and will occur between 12:01 AM PT and 6:01 AM PT on the north end of the base near Lompoc, California.
originally posted by: carewemust
Shouldn't North Korea and Iran protest this "test firing"? The USA protests when those sovereign nations conduct their own tests.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: rickymouse
A Gulf of Tincompitence event!
Would be funny if not possibly accurate.
It's going to be a big day, wanna be neighbors? I don't think many even know the U.P. exists.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: rickymouse
I don't know why that would bother you!
The UP is casually disregarded. The Big Mack goes right to Canada don't ya know.
originally posted by: rickymouse
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: rickymouse
I don't know why that would bother you!
The UP is casually disregarded. The Big Mack goes right to Canada don't ya know.
But, Trump may put a 20 percent tariff on pine lumber coming out of the UP by mistake. Oh well, we can use it ourselves to build saunas and hunting camps I suppose.
originally posted by: JinMI
originally posted by: rickymouse
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: rickymouse
I don't know why that would bother you!
The UP is casually disregarded. The Big Mack goes right to Canada don't ya know.
But, Trump may put a 20 percent tariff on pine lumber coming out of the UP by mistake. Oh well, we can use it ourselves to build saunas and hunting camps I suppose.
Or walls. I hear those are making a comeback.
Hopefully if anything pops off, the rest of the world will still be ignorant of the UP. I've got a spot carved out up there!
originally posted by: JinMI
originally posted by: carewemust
Shouldn't North Korea and Iran protest this "test firing"? The USA protests when those sovereign nations conduct their own tests.
If they did, would you hear it?
Most NKN vessels are small patrol-size craft unable to operate over 50 nautical miles (NM) from the coast but capable of policing the DPRK's territorial waters.