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11-12-2015, 10:02 AM
Officially they claim: Two Trident 2 D5 missiles with dummy warheads the U.S. Navy test fired between Saturday evening and Monday afternoon. The big, bright flash some mistook Saturday for a detonation, missile intercept or UFO is actually the result of the solid-fueled Trident missile jettisoning one of its three stages.
The test occurred the same day U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, called out Russia for engaging in "challenging activities" at sea, in the air, in space and cyberspace.
In a statement issued Monday night, U.S. Navy Adm. Ceil Haney, head of Strategic Command, described Saturday's test flight — one of 156 such tests since 1989 of the Lockheed Martin-built strategic "demonstrate[s] the readiness of our nation’s nuclear triad and serve to assure our allies and deter our potential adversaries."
The test occurred the same day U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, called out Russia for engaging in "challenging activities" at sea, in the air, in space and cyberspace.
In a statement issued Monday night, U.S. Navy Adm. Ceil Haney, head of Strategic Command, described Saturday's test flight — one of 156 such tests since 1989 of the Lockheed Martin-built strategic "demonstrate[s] the readiness of our nation’s nuclear triad and serve to assure our allies and deter our potential adversaries."
The test occurred the same day U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, called out Russia for engaging in "challenging activities" at sea, in the air, in space and cyberspace.
In a statement issued Monday night, U.S. Navy Adm. Ceil Haney, head of Strategic Command, described Saturday's test flight — one of 156 such tests since 1989 of the Lockheed Martin-built strategic "demonstrate[s] the readiness of our nation’s nuclear triad and serve to assure our allies and deter our potential adversaries."