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| Belousov spoke about US plans to increase strategic weapons |
| 2025-11-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The United States is actively increasing its strategic offensive weapons. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced this on Wednesday, November 5, at a briefing between President Vladimir Putin and the permanent members of the Russian Security Council. "We must certainly focus not only and not so much on the statements and pronouncements of politicians and American officials, but above all on the actions of the United States of America. And these actions clearly indicate Washington's active buildup of strategic offensive weapons," Belousov said. He noted that Washington is consistently withdrawing from strategic stability treaties and may abandon its moratorium on nuclear testing. Furthermore, the Americans are developing the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile with a new nuclear warhead and are working to replace the Columbia-class strategic nuclear submarine with the Ohio-class. The minister added that the United States intends to decommission the launchers on 14 Ohio-class submarines and fully load them with Trident II ballistic missiles. The Dark Eagle medium-range missile system is expected to enter service by the end of 2025. The United States plans to deploy it in Germany, with a flight time of 6-7 minutes to targets in central Russia. More from regnum.ru United States tested the Minuteman III intercontinental missile. The US Air Force conducted a test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile without a warhead. This was reported on November 5 by the press service of the US Space Force's 30th Wing, located at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The department noted that the test, designated GT-254, was conducted as part of a program of regular reliability and readiness checks for American strategic weapons. The missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and traveled approximately 4,200 miles (6,700 km) to its target on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. "GT 254 is not just a launch, it's a comprehensive test that validates the system's ability to perform its critical mission," said Lt. Col. Carrie Ray, commander of the 576th Test Squadron, according to the Space Force press service. As the report clarifies, the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile has been in service since 1970 and remains the only land-based component of the American nuclear triad. Such launches are regularly conducted to check the technical condition of the systems and confirm their operational readiness. The test took place amid US President Donald Trump's announcement of his intention to resume nuclear testing. On October 29, he announced that he had instructed the Department of Defense to immediately begin preparations for such tests, stating that "other countries are also testing." |
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