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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:41:33 AM EDT
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California is flexing
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:41:57 AM EDT
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Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things?
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:43:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: California is flexing They can fight N Korea on their own. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:46:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:48:12 AM EDT
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US submarine missile test with live nuclear warhead (600 kiloton)
 Submarine Nuclear Weapons Ballistic Missile 600 Kilotons Nuclear Explosion In May 1962, the submerged USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) test-fired a Polaris A-2 missile with a live nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean toward Christmas Island, 1,700 miles away. The test, code-named Frigate Bird, was the only one the United States ever conducted of any nuclear ballistic missile from launch through detonation. After a 12.5-minute, 1,200-mile flight, the warhead exploded in the air between 10,000 and 15,000 feet high with a yield of 600 Kilotons. Thirty miles from the air burst at periscope depth, the waiting USS Carbonaro (SS-337) captured the mushroom cloud on film. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:50:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise Exactly. Attributing a "show of force" to it may be right...or it is just time to test another missile. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:50:57 AM EDT
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20 plus years ago I was driving south on I15 south of Beaver Utah.
Night time. Towards the sky in the CA direction I saw a missile type thing cruising through the air. This was before a lot of internet and I legit thought we were being nuked. Saw on the news later it was a missile test. It looked like it was right there close to me. Crazy. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:54:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise That's correct. It's heavily overcast in my corner of the state. There's no way we'll be able to see it down here. But the weather is nice. 
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Posted: 9/6/2023 12:57:11 AM EDT
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How about a commander in chief readiness test?
What good are weapons of mass destruction without a good button pusher? |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:00:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise From article: "The Vandenberg Space Force Base is home to Air Force Global Strike Command's 576th Flight Test Squadron, which is the only dedicated ICMB test squadron in the United States." I live in the North Dakota ICBM field, they have never been actually tested around here, to my knowledge. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:01:48 AM EDT
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I am sure fjb's handlers will use whatever power they think necessary.
As a child of duck and cover raised in a military family, I am truly scared of these people that are leading our country. Cue the sign that reads "The End is Near." |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:02:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: California is flexing California has nothing to do with it beyond providing a launch site. If the state government did have anything to do with it they would probably either sell the missile to the Chinese. Or have a bunch of multiracial handicapped kids destroy it with sledgehammers as some kind of a statement about how weapons are bad, mkay. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:03:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From article: "The Vandenberg Space Force Base is home to Air Force Global Strike Command's 576th Flight Test Squadron, which is the only dedicated ICMB test squadron in the United States." I live in the North Dakota ICBM field, they have never been actually tested around here, to my knowledge. If they have we weren’t alive for it. Vandy does all the ICBM testing, it’s a wasteland of blown up silos and launch platforms from decades ago. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:20:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From article: "The Vandenberg Space Force Base is home to Air Force Global Strike Command's 576th Flight Test Squadron, which is the only dedicated ICMB test squadron in the United States." I live in the North Dakota ICBM field, they have never been actually tested around here, to my knowledge. probably because if it takes off from the coast and has a mishap, only some fish die. launching it from the center of the country likely isn't ideal from a safety standpoint although now that i think about it if any sea life is harmed i'm sure fish lives matter and the left will be calling to defund the AF first thing the next morning |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:28:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? Well the launch is routine and has been scheduled for years. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:31:43 AM EDT
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Can you launch an ICBM sideways?
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:40:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you launch an ICBM sideways? only if you have a treadmill big enough |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:41:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:41:36 AM EDT
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Will there be a live stream like the Space X launches?
I hope so |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:42:49 AM EDT
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Wrong move Kim.
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:45:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: US submarine missile test with live nuclear warhead (600 kiloton)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy830smpPNsIn May 1962, the submerged USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) test-fired a Polaris A-2 missile with a live nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean toward Christmas Island, 1,700 miles away. The test, code-named Frigate Bird, was the only one the United States ever conducted of any nuclear ballistic missile from launch through detonation. After a 12.5-minute, 1,200-mile flight, the warhead exploded in the air between 10,000 and 15,000 feet high with a yield of 600 Kilotons. Thirty miles from the air burst at periscope depth, the waiting USS Carbonaro (SS-337) captured the mushroom cloud on film. I believe that remains the only full shot from a SSBN. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:45:57 AM EDT
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They will probably just send out a helicopter with a searchlight.
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:46:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From article: "The Vandenberg Space Force Base is home to Air Force Global Strike Command's 576th Flight Test Squadron, which is the only dedicated ICMB test squadron in the United States." I live in the North Dakota ICBM field, they have never been actually tested around here, to my knowledge. It's better to have any failures go down in the ocean than risk having them fall into Canadian hands. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:50:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? Let's Put a Nuke on it and see what happens!!   
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:55:26 AM EDT
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The usual flight path
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:58:31 AM EDT
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Minuteman III Warhead Re-enters Atmosphere in Marshall Islands (1:30)
 GT 236 Minuteman III Warhead Re-enters Atmosphere in Marshall Islands |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 1:59:02 AM EDT
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I don't think we could shoot one down before it deployed the mirv warheads.
If we could, they would use these tests to practice shooting them down. Also lets enemy know that if they launch, our rockets will be passing their debris field on the way to them in retribution. Like most things government.. they are usually full is shit. Usually... |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 2:01:53 AM EDT
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Have we adjusted the minuteman’s pronoun yet?
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Posted: 9/6/2023 2:13:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: US submarine missile test with live nuclear warhead (600 kiloton) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy830smpPNsIn May 1962, the submerged USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) test-fired a Polaris A-2 missile with a live nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean toward Christmas Island, 1,700 miles away. The test, code-named Frigate Bird, was the only one the United States ever conducted of any nuclear ballistic missile from launch through detonation. After a 12.5-minute, 1,200-mile flight, the warhead exploded in the air between 10,000 and 15,000 feet high with a yield of 600 Kilotons. Thirty miles from the air burst at periscope depth, the waiting USS Carbonaro (SS-337) captured the mushroom cloud on film. Thanks for posting that. I have not seen that one. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 2:31:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise Correct.. A company I once worked for did a significant amount of defense contractor work in the ICBM field along with other in air missile testing, live fire tests, towing drones, adversary work..etc. In air work..like putting a jet in the flight path of the ICBM and fucking with it electronically and collecting signature data as it passes. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 2:35:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How about a commander in chief readiness test? What good are weapons of mass destruction without a good button pusher?  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 3:12:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe that remains the only full shot from a SSBN. From ours... I think the Russians did one too. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 3:29:49 AM EDT
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Putin gonna say we are escalating tensions.
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Posted: 9/6/2023 3:32:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryHawaii to issue missile warning.
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Posted: 9/6/2023 4:36:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think we could shoot one down before it deployed the mirv warheads. If we could, they would use these tests to practice shooting them down. Also lets enemy know that if they launch, our rockets will be passing their debris field on the way to them in retribution. Like most things government.. they are usually full is shit. Usually... We practice shooting down their missiles all the time. The chinese too. Sometimes theyre classified missions, sometimes theyre not. Normally we dont announce it though until afterwards. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 5:00:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryBeen there for several of the launches and shoot downs |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 5:20:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2023 5:25:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2023 5:44:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? Old GD would have been more like "Nuke missile launch? America Fuck Yeah!" but here we are  |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 5:53:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? Escalation? Lol More like a waste of money, while sounding like north korea. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 5:58:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have we adjusted the minuteman's pronoun yet? |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:15:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you launch an ICBM sideways? Sure, but why would you want to? |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:15:59 AM EDT
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Gonna need a nuke forum soon.
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:18:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:20:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? I don’t believe this current administration has enough brain cells to be using this as a planned warning or escalation. More like unhappy coincidence. How Putin interprets it is another thing. More Biden bumbling us slowly towards war with Russia. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:23:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seriously. Should be changed to minute-person. WTF kind of people assume the gender of an object. My feelings are so hurt now. Just the name alone is so violent. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Have we adjusted the minuteman's pronoun yet? Oh, nonsense. The missile is deliberately intended to be a phallic symbol, demonstrating the power of the patriarchy. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:31:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2023 7:44:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: only if you have a treadmill big enough There is no way an ICBM can launch from a treadmill. Not enough relative motion to generate lift. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 8:04:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Oh, we're showing off now too? So, lets escalate things? pretty sure testing icbm's is a regular occurrence. not like a daily thing but i'd be surprised if its not an annual thing at least. kinda need to know they will go bang should the need ever arise Used to be every 6 months when I was a staff puke in a "supporting" role. Wiki DoD site Big expensive tests that have lots of lead up, and a LOT of people involved. |
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Posted: 9/6/2023 8:09:54 AM EDT
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At this point what does it prove to show we’re capable of launching a missile?
Spacex launches them about once a week. |
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