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February 2016 - United States Special Weapons News

  • Work Finishes Trip Focusing on U.S. Nuclear Deterrent AFPS 26 Feb 2016 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work observed the test of an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, last night, at the culmination of a trip to examine the progress of reforms in DoD's nuclear deterrent.
  • Minot tests Minuteman III with launch from Vandenberg AFB AFNS 22 Feb 2016 -- A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, aboard the Airborne Launch Control System, launched an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle Feb. 20 from Vandenberg AFB.
  • US Air Force test-launches Minuteman III nuclear missile Press TV 21 Feb 2016 -- The US Air Force has launched a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a California launch site in order to test the nuclear-capable missile system.
  • US kept nukes on Okinawa: Pentagon Press TV 20 Feb 2016 -- The Pentagon has revealed that the United States had held nuclear weapons on Okinawa, Japan during the Cold War.
  • DoD Officials Discuss Regional Deterrence, Nuke Modernization AFPS 11 Feb 2016 -- The administration's nuclear sustainment and modernization plan is what is needed for effective deterrence, and the plan is affordable if the Defense Department prioritizes it, senior defense officials told Congress yesterday.
  • US nuclear secrets dumped in trash can for years Press TV 04 Feb 2016 -- The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has slammed a contractor for compromising the country's nuclear secrets by dumping loads of classified documents into unprotected trash cans.
  • DoD Chemical-Biological Program has a Global Mission AFPS 03 Feb 2016 -- Keeping warfighters safe from infectious diseases and chemical agents is a Defense Department effort that requires a range of capabilities, from global biosurveillance and quick response to medical countermeasures and interagency and international collaboration.
  • Pentagon seeks $13 billion for new nuclear-armed submarines Press TV 02 Feb 2016 -- The US Defense Department would seek over $13 billion over the next five years to fund the development and production of new submarines to carry nuclear ballistic missiles.



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