Defense Updates's video: MinutemanIII ICBM to be replaced with new missile

Play War Thunder for FREE! Register using https://wt.link/DefenseUpdates and get a premium tank or aircraft or ship and thee days of premium account time. The U.S Air Force announced the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile will begin test flights by the end of calendar year 2023. U.S Air Force GBSD or Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program manager Col. Jason Bartolomei has stated that “We’re … already in critical design review for the subsystems, and we’re months away from first flight" He said by 2023, "we’ll be at Vandenberg, and we’ll be flying the first test flights of the new weapon system.” He added the missile is already flying in a “modeling and simulation environment” It was also emphasized that there’s no further margin to extend the Minuteman III system without risking the credibility of the intercontinental ballistic missile force. In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the U.S military is moving to replace Minuteman III ICBM with new Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile? -BasedStrategicDeterrent . CHANNEL LINK: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DefenseUpdates SUPPORT US: Patron: https://www.patreon.com/defenseupdates AUDIO: scottleffler.com BACKGROUND MUSIC https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html "Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ IMAGES USES WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM / U.S AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN ABBIGAYLE WILLIAMS https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-splits-icbm-directorate-in-two-as-gbsd-development-continues/ USMILITARYUPDATE.COM / U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY TECH SGT RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER https://usmilitaryupdate.com/air-force/usaf-strategic-bombers/ NAVAL-TECHNOLOGY.COM / U.S DOD https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ohio-class-submarine/ U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY R.J. ORIEZ / THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE.COM https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-it-time-to-kick-out-one-leg-of-the-nuclear-triad/ WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM / SENIOR AIRMAN ABBIGAYLE WILLIAMS / U.S AIR FORCE https://www.airforcemag.com/garamendi-pause-gbsd-as-other-nuclear-modernization-efforts-proceed/ SPACENEWS.COM / U.S AIR FORCE https://spacenews.com/northrop-grumman-wins-competition-to-build-future-icbm-by-default/ WWW.MILITARYAEROSPACE.COM https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14183010/intercontinental-ballistic-missile-icbm-ground-based-strategic-deterrent-gbsd WIKIPEDIA.ORG / NNSA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W87 #/media/File:W87_Peacekeeper_warheads.png WWW.RUSSIANSPACEWEB.COM / RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sarmat.html WWW.NORTHROPGRUMMAN.COM https://www.northropgrumman.com/gbsd/