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• Originalbeschriftung: Mach 23: die Projektile dieser Interkontinentalrakete erreichten bis zu 28000 km/h. Hyperschall beginnt bereits bei Mach 5. Die Minuteman III wurde seit 1970 verwendet. Im Jahr 2027 gab es noch rund 400 dieser Raketen.

• The missile launches out of its silo by firing its 1st stage boost motor (A).
  

• About 60 seconds after launch, the 1st stage drops off and the 2nd stage motor (B) ignites. The missile shroud (E) is ejected.
  

• About 120 seconds after launch, the 3rd stage motor (C) ignites and separates from the 2nd stage.
  

• About 180 seconds after launch, 3rd stage thrust terminates and the Post-Boost Vehicle (D) separates from the rocket.
  

• The Post-Boost Vehicle maneuvers itself and prepares for re-entry vehicle (RV) deployment.
  

• The RVs, as well as decoys and chaff, are deployed during backaway.
  

• The RVs and chaff re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds and are armed in flight.
  

• The nuclear warheads detonate, either as air bursts or ground bursts
  

Source

• Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minuteman_III_MIRV_path.svg
  

• Created: April 14th, 2008
  

• Author: Fastfission
  

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