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The American Minuteman III ICBM exploded over the Pacific Ocean with a significant deviation from the set trajectory during tests

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An emergency situation occurred in the United States during the tests of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The tests were conducted the day before at the Vandenberg military base (Santa Barbara County, California), owned by the US Space Forces.

First, there was information that at a certain stage of the flight over the Pacific Ocean, an American ICBM exploded. Then the American command spread information that the explosion occurred allegedly in a controlled format:

The missile was safely destroyed due to an anomaly detected during the test launch.

To date, an investigative group has been formed in the US Air Force and Space Command, which should determine the causes of the "anomaly" that has arisen.

Meanwhile, information appeared in American sources that the missile began to deviate significantly from the originally set trajectory and go south towards the maritime borders of Mexico.

Image source: topwar.ru

Before the launch, the US military command stated that the Minuteman III tests "should confirm the reliability of the strategic security system." Also, many called the tests of the American ICBM "the answer to the Russians" to those tests of strategic forces that were successfully conducted in Russia a few days ago. It turns out that the Pentagon's response, as they say, did not grow together…

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