The U.S. military said on Wednesday it will postpone a scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, in a bid to lower soaring tensions after Russia announced it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert.
Highlights
- The U.S.
- military said on Wednesday it will postpone a scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
- The move comes after Russia announced it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert.
- Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was quoted on Wednesday warning that a Third World War would be a nuclear conflict, remarks that added to growing unease.
- The Pentagon strongly condemned Russian rhetoric surrounding the world’s most destructive weaponry and said it hoped its decision to delay its ICBM test would serve as an example to Moscow.
- President Joe Biden said Americans should not worry about a nuclear war and Secretary of State Antony Blinken said his administration was comfortable with America’s defense posture.