US Launches Doomsday Minuteman III Nuclear-Capable Missile

​The US Air Force recently launched a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to anywhere on Earth. The launch took place on Wednesday morning, May 21, as part of a regular test of the country’s doomsday missiles.

US launches Minuteman III missile to show ‘strength of the nation’s nuclear deterrent’ (Unsplash - representational image)

The Minuteman III missile launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the military said, according to the New York Post. The missile was unarmed at the time of the launch. Officials confirmed that the missile traveled 15,000 miles per hour to a test site in the Marshall Islands 4,200 miles away.