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US Conducts Test of Prototype Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile

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US Conducts Test of Prototype Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile

The post-INF era pushes ahead.

US Conducts Test of Prototype Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile
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On Thursday, the United States carried out a test of a prototype ground-launched ballistic missile in a capability demonstration designed to underscore Washington’s departure from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

“The U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office, conducted a flight test of a prototype conventionally-configured ground-launched ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,” Robert Carver, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, said in a statement.

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