U.S. shows Japanese officials ICBM launch procedures

Disclosure of Wyoming visit seen as signal to China and Russia

20240617 ICBM test launch

A Minuteman III ICBM is test-launched at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (U.S. Air Force)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

WASHINGTON -- Japanese officials have toured a U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile base in the state of Wyoming, learning about the specific procedures leading up to a nuclear missile launch.

The visit took place during the bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne last Thursday and Friday. This is the first disclosed tour of an ICBM base during the deterrence dialogues, which were established in 2010.

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