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(.#B.018).- The Pentagon gives details of its medium-range missile fire,18-8-2019.
The Pentagon gives details of its recent medium-range missile fire.
August 20, 2019.
The US Department of Defense has confirmed that the intermediate-range missile tested August 18 was fired by a Mk-41 system that was different from that installed in Romania.
The United States used a Mk-41 vertical launch platform similar to the one deployed in Romania to conduct a test fire of an intermediate-range cruise missile on Sunday, August 18, but the characteristics of the firing system were different, Sputnik told Pentagon spokesman Robert Carver.
"We used a Mk-41 platform. It was not the same as the one that is part of the purely defensive Aegis Ashore system, "said Carver.
On Monday, August 19, the Pentagon announced that it had conducted the previous day a test shot of a ground-based missile with a range greater than 500 km, equipped with a conventional warhead. Missiles of this type were banned by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NIF), which the United States withdrew on 2 August. Later, the Pentagon confirmed to Sputnik that he tested a version of the Tomahawk cruise missile intended to destroy ground targets.
What is the true mission of the Mk-41?
Romania has been home to a US military base since 2016, which is equipped with several Mk-41 firing platforms and SM-3 missiles from the Aegis Ashore system. According to the US military, these missiles are intended to intercept ballistic missiles.
Russia has repeatedly accused the United States of using the Mk-41s that can be used to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles, in violation of the INF Treaty. Washington rejected these accusations.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the August 18 shooting was "convincing new evidence that the Mk-41s are intended to fire missiles, but also cruise missiles."
F I N .
The Pentagon gives details of its recent medium-range missile fire.
August 20, 2019.
The US Department of Defense has confirmed that the intermediate-range missile tested August 18 was fired by a Mk-41 system that was different from that installed in Romania.
The United States used a Mk-41 vertical launch platform similar to the one deployed in Romania to conduct a test fire of an intermediate-range cruise missile on Sunday, August 18, but the characteristics of the firing system were different, Sputnik told Pentagon spokesman Robert Carver.
"We used a Mk-41 platform. It was not the same as the one that is part of the purely defensive Aegis Ashore system, "said Carver.
On Monday, August 19, the Pentagon announced that it had conducted the previous day a test shot of a ground-based missile with a range greater than 500 km, equipped with a conventional warhead. Missiles of this type were banned by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NIF), which the United States withdrew on 2 August. Later, the Pentagon confirmed to Sputnik that he tested a version of the Tomahawk cruise missile intended to destroy ground targets.
What is the true mission of the Mk-41?
Romania has been home to a US military base since 2016, which is equipped with several Mk-41 firing platforms and SM-3 missiles from the Aegis Ashore system. According to the US military, these missiles are intended to intercept ballistic missiles.
Russia has repeatedly accused the United States of using the Mk-41s that can be used to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles, in violation of the INF Treaty. Washington rejected these accusations.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the August 18 shooting was "convincing new evidence that the Mk-41s are intended to fire missiles, but also cruise missiles."
F I N .
