US launched 2 ICBMs in 3 weeks

[Robert]

I would think this would be on all the news but I didn't hear anything about it till yesterday. It made it about 70 percent of the way to the Korean peninsula before splashing down. It was picture perfect.

Well looks like we are making sure we can reach out and touch someone, Kim

The Minuteman III missile launch occurred at 11:39 p.m. at the base just north of Lompoc and lit up the sky of California’s Central Coast, according to the U.S. Air Force. The missile was equipped with a non-explosive payload that recorded flight data, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.

The missile traveled 4,200 miles to a test range in Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-navy-missile-test-launch-california-vandenberg-20170209-story.html

Here's what it looks like when the US fires a nuclear weapon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm_zEtCIETA

Message to Korea? US launches 2nd Minuteman III ballistic missile in 7 days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfKbQZ-jI8s

[Savago]

Somewhat related news, but I read that in a test this weekend, North Korea missile was heading to the wrong direction... into Russian territory.

They aborted the launch but that was enough to put the Russians in alert.
:-P

[specialdose]

 

   " Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high, into the sun "  Go USAF 65-69

[scooperhsd]

And we can launch SLBM's practically off the N Korea coast with almost zero warning....

[Pappy!]

"Hey North Korea........Hold my beer and watch this!"

"Now, see how easy that was?"

[old2soon]

If you've ever seen movies of our early missile programs you KNOW they were ANYTHING But perfect. Took a long cursed time and cubic dollars to git where we are now. And even today some launches do not follow the program. BUT I'd rather be standing here in America waiting on the runts folly than to be standing in the n k waiting on our-American-"stuff". How long that little sumbitch gonna take to realize that much like saddam he's taken a bigger bite than he can possibly handle?  dumb ass! RIDE SAFE.