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US tests ballistic missile over Pacific

by Agence France-Presse
December 15, 2019
in Missile News
2 min read
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US tests ballistic missile over Pacific
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The United States tested a medium-range ballistic missile on Thursday (Dec 12), the second test in four months of an offensive missile that would have been banned by a US-Russia arms treaty that Washington exited in August.

The Air Force launched the conventionally configured missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Los Angeles at about 8.30am local time (1630 GMT), according to a base spokesperson.

The prototype ground-launched missile flew more than 500 kilometres before plunging into the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon said.

“Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense’s development of future intermediate-range capabilities,” said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Robert Carver.

Thursday’s test was the second of a ground-launched, medium-range nuclear-capable missile since Washington exited the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Moscow.

The INF would have forbidden testing of the missile, as well as a cruise missile tested in August.

Unrelated to the INF, on Oct 2, the Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg, delivering a test reentry vehicle to the Kwajalein Atoll 4,200 miles away in the western Pacific.

The tests could also be a signal to North Korea, which has demonstrated its own cross-Pacific nuclear threat with multiple successful short, medium and long-range ballistic missile tests.

Rejecting UN-backed sanctions, Pyongyang recently hinted that it may undertake another test as a “Christmas gift” if the US does not come up with concessions in bilateral relations by the end of the year.

On Wednesday, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, warned Pyongyang of consequences if it follows through with a major weapons test in the new year.

“Missile and nuclear testing will not bring the DPRK greater security,” Craft said, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

“We trust that the DPRK will turn away from further hostility and threats, and instead make a bold decision to engage with us,” she said.

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