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US tests new hypersonic missile, can reach Moscow and Beijing in 30 minutes
2024-11-07 19:35:41 / BOTA
The US military has tested another hypersonic missile without ammunition, the US military said.
The launch took place from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on November 5 at 23:01 local time.
A US Air Force and Navy team oversaw the launch, which sent an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg toward the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Center in the Marshall Islands southeast of Japan.
Like all intercontinental ballistic missiles, the missile entered space and then returned to the Earth's atmosphere. It is not known how high the Minuteman III flew in this particular test, as the US military rarely releases such data.
However, according to the US Air Force, the Minuteman III has a maximum flight altitude of 1,120 kilometers, which is in the low Earth orbit region. By comparison, SpaceX's Starlink satellites orbit at about 550 kilometers.
Minuteman III can reach Moscow and Beijing, which are 9,500 and 9,650 kilometers respectively from California, in 30 minutes.
The Boeing-made missile was the world's first MIRV-equipped ICBM and America's first solid-fuel ICBM, according to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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