Minuteman accident was not reported to Pentagon review team

Back in 2014, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel commissioned a review of the entire U.S. nuclear force by a group of nuclear weapons experts. The review started in March and it was during that period when an accident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base resulted in $1.8 million in damage to a Minuteman missile. Air Force Global Strike Command now said the review team was not told of the accident.

28 days in Global Strike 140215-F-RH756-141
By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

[thumb]http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/report-errors-airmen-damaged-nuclear-missile-2014-36466577[/thumb]

Inexperience crew damaged Minuteman III ICBM, causing $1.8 million in damage

The U.S. Air Force has released a redacted report into an accident F.E. Warren Air Force Base on May 16, 2014 which resulted in $1.8 million in damage to a nuclear-tipped Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.

28 days in Global Strike 140215-F-RH756-141
By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Inexperience crew damaged Minuteman III ICBM, causing $1.8 million in damage”

South Korea to link missile defense system with U.S. missile defense shield

South Korea is ready to share data from its Korean Air and Missile Defense System (KAMD) with the United States military using Link-16.

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Overview
By Missile Defense Agency, USA (www.mda.mil),first uploaded by Wikifreund, Germany [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “South Korea to link missile defense system with U.S. missile defense shield”

Pentagon might make Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii fully operational

The Aegis Ashore test facility in Hawaii might become the newest U.S. anti-ballistic missile site as the Pentagon toys with the idea of making it fully operational.

Mda aegis
By Missile Defense Agency – United States Department of Defense (United States Naval Institute News) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Pentagon might make Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii fully operational”