Tag: testfires

Stoke Space test-fires engine for upcoming fully reusable rocket (photos)

Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire test of an engine designed for its upcoming reusable rocket. The Kent, Washington-based company tested its new full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) rocket engine on June 5 at the company’s test site in Moses Lake, Washington. Photos from the test show the engine kicking up a large plume of […]

US test-fires two unarmed Minuteman III nuclear weapons

The U.S. military test-fired two unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles this week, with the Air Force noting they were not driven by “current world events.” The tests, which involved the Air Force and Space Force, took place June 4 and June 6 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Air Force Global Strike Command noted […]

Pakistan test-fires a new rocket system developed by its military, the army says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military said it successfully test-fired Wednesday a short-range, indigenously developed rocket system meant to boost its ability to deter any offensive action from archenemy and neighbor India. According to a military statement, the Fatah-II Guided Rocket System has a range of 400 kilometers (240 miles), as well as a state-of-the-art navigation […]