22 February 2016 (02:32 UTC-07 Tango 01) 03 Esfand 1394/13 Jumada al-Ula 1437/15 Geng Yin 4714

North of Lompoc, California, the U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman 3 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) towards the south Pacific Ocean.

USAF Global Strike Command said the launch was meant to test a new re-entry vehicle designed to improve the “accuracy and reliability” of the nuclear weapons delivery system.

Global Strike Command also revealed that it actually takes a long time to launch a Minuteman 3, requiring a “tremendous amount of effort and absolute attention to detail in order to ensure a safe and successful launch.”  Which questions the ‘deterent’ mission of the expensive (and old) missile system.

The launch of the U.S. ICBM comes two and a half weeks after Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (‘north Korea’) successfully launched a rocket which placed a satellite into orbit.  ‘Western’ governments and news media quickly labeled the satellite launch a “ballistic missile test”.

The number of the U.S. military personnel participating in joint military exercise in South Korea, this year, will be four times as many as in 2015!

North Korea is worth $9.7 trillion USD!!! Now you know why The U.S. is war mongering over the DPRK!