Unarmed ICBM blasts through 105-ton door in test

2007-02-07
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The Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday, officials said, in a test flight that blasted open a 105-ton silo door. The test was also the first flight using only global positioning satellites for navigation instead of radio transponders.

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  • Patriot

    We conduct these tests every couple years to make sure they still work, but the timing in conjunction with Irans’s supposed “nuclear statement” on Feb 11 is curious.

  • Patriot

    It doesn’t mean much to you or I in our daily lives, but I am sure Iran got the message loud and clear.

  • http://lovability.org amfortas

    Crashed through the door, did it. Sounds like a ‘Whoops’ job to me. 105 tons of door off the inventory! The guy with the key wasn’t called Nowak by any chance? Murphy? Capt. Thickshit?






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