Date of the First U.S. Nuclear Test Announced

Newsweek reported that the United States will conduct its first test of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads on Wednesday or Thursday.

According to Rokna, Newsweek announced today in a report that the timing of the first U.S. nuclear tests has been determined.

Based on Newsweek’s map, navigation warnings indicate that following President Donald Trump’s order to carry out the tests, the United States has planned the first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, though unarmed.

Newsweek stated that it contacted, via email, the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command—which is responsible for the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missiles and the nuclear bomber fleet—to obtain their comments.

Marco Langbroek, a lecturer at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, referring to the navigation warnings, said that the test of the U.S. Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile will take place between Wednesday and Thursday.

The missile is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will reach the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, along with five designated target zones.