# US to deploy new missiles to Guam

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-to-deploy-new-missiles-to-guam/831221>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 16, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-to-deploy-new-missiles-to-guam/831221 "2019-03-16T09:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-to-deploy-new-missiles-to-guam/831221/21 "2019-08-19T18:38:08Z")

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> [@AK84](#):
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> **update**  
> Ground launched cruise missile test conducted.  
> [https://twitter.com/jeffmartindc/status/1163486778659147778?s=21](https://twitter.com/jeffmartindc/status/1163486778659147778?s=21)…

It looks like they just took a VLS canister and stuck it on a trailer.

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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-to-deploy-new-missiles-to-guam/831221/22 "2019-08-19T18:42:40Z")

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[confirmation](https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2019/08/19/pentagon-tests-first-land-based-cruise-missile-in-a-post-inf-treaty-world):

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> “The launcher used in Sunday’s test is a MK 41; however, the system tested is not the same as the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System currently operating in Romania and under construction in Poland," Lt. Col Robert Carver, a Pentagon spokesman, said.

ETA: [More info on the MK 41 VLS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_41_Vertical_Launching_System), for those interested.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-to-deploy-new-missiles-to-guam/831221/23 "2019-12-13T07:29:53Z")

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**Another update**  
A test of _some sort_ of longer range Ballistic missile was conducted on Thursday.

> **[Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile...](https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31456/u-s-conducts-first-test-of-non-nuclear-ballistic-missile-following-inf-arms-treaty-collapse)**
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> The launch, which the Pentagon had previously said would come before the end of the year, could have major geopolitical ramifications.

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