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No procession of tanks, no towering intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), no hypersonic glide vehicles, no transporter-erector-launchers rumbling past the cameras.
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Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
China last tested its ICBM force in September 2024—its first since the 1980s—when a DF-31AG missile carrying a dummy warhead was fired toward international waters in the South Pacific, within the region's nuclear-free zone, according to a Newsweek map.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Tests under the Air Mobile Feasibility Program in 1974 successfully launched a Minuteman ICBM from a C-5A over the Pacific, proving the concept worked.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
But soon, their typical routine is abruptly interrupted when an unidentified intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is detected.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
Since December 2001, there have been reports that Russia is looking at modernizing its nuclear forces with weapons that would have the range of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), yet would be able to dodge radar and avoid any anti-ballistic missile defenses.
—David Szondy
october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
The launch of the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) took place on Wednesday (May 21) at 3:01 a.m.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 21 May 2025
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
China last tested its ICBM force in September 2024—its first since the 1980s—when a DF-31AG missile carrying a dummy warhead was fired toward international waters in the South Pacific, within the region's nuclear-free zone, according to a Newsweek map.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Tests under the Air Mobile Feasibility Program in 1974 successfully launched a Minuteman ICBM from a C-5A over the Pacific, proving the concept worked.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
But soon, their typical routine is abruptly interrupted when an unidentified intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is detected.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
Since December 2001, there have been reports that Russia is looking at modernizing its nuclear forces with weapons that would have the range of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), yet would be able to dodge radar and avoid any anti-ballistic missile defenses.
—David Szondy
october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
The launch of the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) took place on Wednesday (May 21) at 3:01 a.m.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 21 May 2025
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“ICBM.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ICBM. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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ICBM
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: an intercontinental ballistic missile
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