US Military Tests Another Ground-Launched Cruise-Missile

The US military tested a prototype conventionally configured ground-launched cruise-missile (GLCM) Thursday morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Thursday’s missile-launch marks the second such test since the US formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range-Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in August in response to alleged Russian violations of the 1987 agreement.

The test-missile exited its static launch stand and terminated in the open ocean after more than 500 kilometers of flight. Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense’s development of future intermediate-range capabilities.