March 19, 2024

The Catholic Transcript

Complete News World

US cancels ballistic missile test due to nuclear tensions with Russia |  Ukraine and Russia

US cancels ballistic missile test due to nuclear tensions with Russia | Ukraine and Russia

Army To us The Air Force told Reuters on Friday that it had initially considered postponing the test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in an attempt to defuse nuclear tensions with Russia during the war in Ukraine.

The Pentagon first announced a postponement of the test on March 2 after Russia said it was keeping its nuclear forces on high alert. Washington said at the time that it was important To us And Russia “remember the risk of miscalculation and take action to reduce those risks.”

But he had publicly stated his only desire to delay the trial “a little” and did not cancel it.

Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stephaniek said the decision to cancel the test of the LGM-30G Minuteman III missile was for the same reasons that it had been postponed. The next test of Minuteman III is set to take place later this year.

Russia and the United States have 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons

“There is confidence in the readiness of the Air Force’s strategic forces To us“, Stephanek announced.

Jeffrey Lewis underestimated the impact of the cancellation at the James Martin Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treatment Center (CNS), a missile researcher.

“There is value in doing experiments, but I do not think it’s really a big problem to miss a test on a massive project,” Lewis said, adding that Minuteman III is very reliable.

Watch videos to understand the conflict between Russia and Ukraine