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March 2022 - United States Special Weapons News

  • The United States Highlights Its Commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention US Dept. of State 22 Mar 2022 -- The United States Government hosted a virtual visit of ambassadors from each regional group of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council on March 21-22, 2022 to see and discuss U.S. chemical weapons destruction progress at the Department of Defense's Blue Grass Chemical-agent Pilot Plant in Kentucky.
  • Austin Postpones Test of Minuteman III Missile DoD News 02 Mar 2022 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III exemplified how a responsible nuclear nation should behave and postponed a long-planned test launch of an American Minuteman III rocket, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today during a news conference.
  • US Test Launch of Minuteman III Ballistic Missile Postponed, Pentagon Says Sputnik 02 Mar 2022 -- The aging LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) forms the backbone of the land-based US nuclear triad. Introduced in 1970, they are expected to last until 2050. However, leaders at US Strategic Command have cast doubts on that goal.



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