Footage of a Minuteman III ICBM test launch and its reentry vehicles striking the Kwajalein atoll target area. It shows the missile climbing through clouds and the warheads descending.
Why Hacker News points people here: Linked as unusually clear real footage of ICBM reentries and impacts whenever missile tests or the Marshall Islands come up.
“It has some of the clearest footage of the actual reentries and impacts”HN comment, 2025
“breathtaking video of an unarmed Minuteman III missile climbing its way through the clouds”
Footage of Minuteman III launch and reentry vehicles.
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Alternatively there is this video about Minuteman III testing -- in which a song called "It's My Life" plays as we see breathtaking video of an unarmed Minuteman III missile climbing its way through the clouds at Vandenberg AFB and the West Coast; followed by footage of the reentry vehicles falling down from the sky at several kilometers per second, visible only as streaks of white light.
RecommendsdkbrkFeb 2025
“It has some of the clearest footage of the actual reentries and impacts”
Clear footage of reentries and impacts.
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There's an excellent publicly released video made about an older test. It has some of the clearest footage of the actual reentries and impacts, and is also worth watching for the sheer 90s vibe of the production. this video
Cites itdiscordanceDec 2019
“the US then used Kwajalein as target practice for their ICBMs”
Minuteman III test footage at Kwajalein.
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Decades after their nuke testing there, the US then used Kwajalein as target practice for their ICBMs: this video
