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United States Air force has successfully test-fired Minuteman III ICBM Intercontinental ballistic missile
A team of United States Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen successfully test-fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Dec. 17 at 4:36 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a United States land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in service with the United States Air Force Global Strike Command. As of 2010, the LGM-30G Minuteman III version is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States.
The unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Army of China test-fired new Dongfeng 41 DF-41 ICBM InterContinental Ballistic Missile
Last week Chinese army carried out its second test-launch of its new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng 41 (DF-41), which could have the ability to fire multiple warheads. The missile was fired Friday, December 13, 2013, from the Wuzhai rocket-firing complex in Shanxi province.
The three-stage solid-fuel DF-41 ICBM is believed to be larger than the DF-31 missile, and has a range of up to 12,000 kilometers.
China tested the launch of a JL-2A SLBM from a Type 094 nuclear submarine
According to some Western military blogs and commentators, on December 22, China tested the launch of a JL-2A SLBM from a Type 094 nuclear submarine in a designated banned area in Bohai Sea toward a certain comprehensive missile target range in Xinjiang, China.
Russia successfully test-fired Yars RS-24 silo-based nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile
Russia carried out a successful test-firing of an RS-24 Yars ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, a military representative said.
The first RS-24s to be declared operational were road mobile,
but there is also a silo-based version.
Russia has test-launched Topol RS-12M SS-25 Sickle Intercontinental Ballistic missile
The Russian Space Forces test-launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said. The launch took place at 9:30 p.m. December 28, Moscow time (17:30 GMT) from the Kapustin Yar testing range in southern Russia’s Astrakhan Region.
Topol RS-12M SS-25 Sickle Intercontinental ballistic
missile at military parade in Moscow.
Nuclear-capable ‘Agni-V’ tested for second time
The Agni-5 is about 17 meters long and weighs 50 tons. It is a three-stage missile designed to carry an over 1 ton warhead with a range of 5,000 kilometers, allowing it the farthest reach among all Indian missiles.
India on Sunday, September 15 conducted a second test flight of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ‘Agni-V’ long-range ballistic missile.
A team of United States Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen successfully test-fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Dec. 17 at 4:36 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a United States land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in service with the United States Air Force Global Strike Command. As of 2010, the LGM-30G Minuteman III version is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States.
The unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Army of China test-fired new Dongfeng 41 DF-41 ICBM InterContinental Ballistic Missile
Last week Chinese army carried out its second test-launch of its new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng 41 (DF-41), which could have the ability to fire multiple warheads. The missile was fired Friday, December 13, 2013, from the Wuzhai rocket-firing complex in Shanxi province.
The three-stage solid-fuel DF-41 ICBM is believed to be larger than the DF-31 missile, and has a range of up to 12,000 kilometers.
China tested the launch of a JL-2A SLBM from a Type 094 nuclear submarine
According to some Western military blogs and commentators, on December 22, China tested the launch of a JL-2A SLBM from a Type 094 nuclear submarine in a designated banned area in Bohai Sea toward a certain comprehensive missile target range in Xinjiang, China.
Russia successfully test-fired Yars RS-24 silo-based nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile
Russia carried out a successful test-firing of an RS-24 Yars ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, a military representative said.
The first RS-24s to be declared operational were road mobile,
but there is also a silo-based version.
Russia has test-launched Topol RS-12M SS-25 Sickle Intercontinental Ballistic missile
The Russian Space Forces test-launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said. The launch took place at 9:30 p.m. December 28, Moscow time (17:30 GMT) from the Kapustin Yar testing range in southern Russia’s Astrakhan Region.
Topol RS-12M SS-25 Sickle Intercontinental ballistic
missile at military parade in Moscow.
Nuclear-capable ‘Agni-V’ tested for second time
The Agni-5 is about 17 meters long and weighs 50 tons. It is a three-stage missile designed to carry an over 1 ton warhead with a range of 5,000 kilometers, allowing it the farthest reach among all Indian missiles.
India on Sunday, September 15 conducted a second test flight of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ‘Agni-V’ long-range ballistic missile.
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