Newsweek: The U.S. will conduct its first ballistic missile launch following Trump's directive.
The U.S. will conduct its first test launch of the Minuteman III ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, following the directive from President Donald Trump. Media outlets are publishing details about this, citing Newsweek.
Preliminarily, the launch is scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The missile will be launched on a specific trajectory towards the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the Marshall Islands.
It is known that the U.S. Air Force has about 400 Minuteman III missiles in its arsenal, with a range exceeding six thousand miles. They are deployed in silos in the states of Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
