intercontinental

The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is set to launch from the Santa Barbara County base sometime between 11:01 p.m.

In a tiny, cramped control room at the bottom, accessible by an even more cramped lift, coded orders to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles would have been received, deciphered and acted upon.

Ukraine claimed Russia had used an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would have represented a significant escalation in its assaults.

And that was before Pyongyang fired a banned intercontinental missile on Thursday, on the longest flight recorded yet – after turning up the rhetoric against Seoul for weeks.

Not only are intercontinental ballistic missiles redundant, but they are prone to a high risk of accidental use.…They do not make us any safer.