TEHRAN (FNA)- US defense officials have canceled a planned test of an intercontinental ballistic missile to reduce the risk of catastrophic “misinterpretation or miscommunication” at a time when Russian nuclear forces are on high alert amid Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine.

The decision against testing the LGM-30G Minuteman III missile was first reported on Friday by Reuters, which cited comments from a US Air Force spokeswoman.

It comes a month after the same test was delayed because Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered his country’s nuclear deterrent forces to be in a higher state of readiness, or “special regime of combat duty”.

The ICBM test has now been called off altogether for the same reasons, Air Force Spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said.

“The Air Force is confident in the readiness of the strategic forces of the United States,” Stefanek added, noting that the next such test is scheduled for later this year.

Pentagon Spokesman Todd Breasseale also confirmed that the test was called off on concern that Moscow would view it as escalatory.

He told NBC News that the launch had been delayed “due to an overabundance of caution to avoid misrepresentation or miscommunication during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine”.

The Pentagon has criticized Putin for ramping up the readiness of Russian nuclear forces, calling the move “dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary”.

When announcing the delay last month, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said the move was made to “demonstrate that we are a responsible nuclear power”. At the time, Kirby similarly insisted that the decision wouldn’t undermine the readiness of US nuclear forces.

Putin has said that “aggressive statements” by NATO and the West’s sanctions war against Russia made heightened nuclear readiness necessary.

The silo-launched Minuteman III can carry multiple warheads and strike separate targets miles away from each other. It has a range of more than 6,000 miles and can travel at 15,000 miles per hour. The missile was first deployed in 1970, and production ceased in 1978. The Air Force has 400 active Minuteman III missiles in its inventory and typically does four test launches each year.

US officials aim to start testing a replacement for the Minuteman III, the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile, by the end of 2023. The full GBSD fleet is scheduled to be in place by 2036, meaning that the missile, which was originally designed to be in service for 10 years, will have been on the job for as long as 66 years.

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This guys have a decent way of telling you we have one bomb that can hit 3 targets at once miles apart, when it comes to war America Na Your Mate

richeeyo:
This guys have a decent way of telling you we have one bomb that can hit 3 targets at once miles apart, when it comes to war America Na Your Mate

Russian sarmat AKA Yars-24 can hit 10 different targets. Minuteman is 3 which is why America is, now developing another to catchup, but unfortunately, Russia's Sarmat 24 would be out soon, which would be able to strike 14 different targets

richeeyo:
This guys have a decent way of telling you we have one bomb that can hit 3 targets at once miles apart, when it comes to war America Na Your Mate

when it comes to ICBM. Give it to Russia

They had to because the guys in kremlin ain’t even picking their calls anymore. Russia about to even cancel the ISS agreement with them.

Meanwhile, Psaki is leaving the White House

ken6488:
when it comes to ICBM. Give it to Russia

Russia is the best when it comes to missiles as a whole. The biggest chunk of the Russian defence budget goes to their strategic missile force which is very competent.

ken6488:
when it comes to ICBM. Give it to Russia

Russia is too broke to update most of their stuff
But when it comes to ICMB DEFENSE, give it to the yanks

richeeyo:

Russia is too broke to update most of their stuff
But when it comes to ICMB DEFENSE, give it to the yanks

Must you tell lies to make yourself feel good? The best missile defense battery operational in the world is the s400. It beats the patriot and thaad hands down in all specifications. Google is your friend. Not to even bring s500 into the fray. Ever wondered that apart from NATO and American allies, every other nation prefers the s300/400? I mean non allied nations. And when it comes to ICBM, the minuteman 3 is far below its pals with 3MIRV. Even Chinese DF 41(10MIRV) and rs28(15 MIRV) beats it hands down in specifications.
The military supremacy of the United States is not in doubts with a humongous defense budget. But a simple truth is that it cannot go one on one against a formidable adversary without tagging NATO along. It does not have the resilience and endurance of other nations. I see how some people ignorantly say Russia should have taken Kiev by now, conveniently forgetting it’s a proxy war now and Ukraine is been consistently beefed up with arms from NATO. For the records, it took the entire NATO alliance 78 days(2 and half months) to bomb Serbia which is far smaller than Ukraine into submission.

princeeze1:

Must you tell lies to make yourself feel good? The best missile defense battery operational in the world is the s400. It beats the patriot and thaad hands down in all specifications. Google is your friend. Not to even bring s500 into the fray. Ever wondered that apart from NATO and American allies, every other nation prefers the s300/400? I mean non allied nations. And when it comes to ICBM, the minuteman 3 is far below its pals with 3MIRV. Even Chinese DF 41(10MIRV) and rs28(15 MIRV) beats it hands down in specifications.

I didn't care reading the rest at mention of s400
Live case study 101
Syria
Is been protected at higth of the war around 2019 by s400
Then the Israeli Airforce started attacking Iranian assets around the edge of syria with f35s Isreali variant. In and out successfully
Without been detected
Then Russia announced( after knowing well the s400 is not leaving up to the task)
That it was moving its s400 to secure Damascus only leaving the s300 outside Damascus.
Guess what the Isreali start taking out targets deep inside syria without been intercepted
Give me account of a single take down the s400 as done
Even just this last week Isreali still did it again in Damascus,
Just imagine Ukrainian choppers went on the offensive in an heavily milliitarise area of Russia
Bee. Secured by s400 and s300, bombed an oil deport and back out an helicopter ooo
Just yesterday
Even the Americans would be surprised
Turkey is ready to compromise on its deal with Russia, if it was so so good they wouldn't https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/10/turkey-proposes-model-to-resolve-s-400-dispute-with-us
S400 is more of an Air defense, chopper, UAv, jets on paper it also anti ballistics
A system never proven on any battle field
On the other hand THAAD is a real Missile defense system deployed around the world
The Chinese missiles are just a blatant rip off of Soviet missile designs (though not all of them). They have a long list of rip and copy

richeeyo:

I didn't care reading the rest at mention of s400
Live case study 101
Syria
Is been protected at higth of the war around 2019 by s400
Then the Israeli Airforce started attacking Iranian assets around the edge of syria with f35s Isreali variant. In and out successfully
Without been detected
Then Russia announced( after knowing well the s400 is not leaving up to the task)
That it was moving its s400 to secure Damascus only leaving the s300 outside Damascus.
Guess what the Isreali start taking out targets deep inside syria without been intercepted
Give me account of a single take down the s400 as done
Even just this last week Isreali still did it again in Damascus,
Just imagine Ukrainian choppers went on the offensive in an heavily milliitarise area of Russia
Bee. Secured by s400 and s300, bombed an oil deport and back out an helicopter ooo
Just yesterday
Even the Americans would be surprised
Turkey is ready to compromise on its deal with Russia, if it was so so good they wouldn't https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/10/turkey-proposes-model-to-resolve-s-400-dispute-with-us
S400 is more of an Air defense, chopper, UAv, jets on paper it also anti ballistics
A system never proven on any battle field
On the other hand THAAD is a real Missile defense system deployed around the world
The Chinese missiles are just a blatant rip off of Soviet missile designs (though not all of them). They have a long list of rip and copy

Like I said, you lie to yourself to feel good. I am not responding to you because you wrote intelligently, but because in decades to come people will research and read from nairaland after we are both no more.
Fact: Russia s400 does not protect Syria airspace. This can lead to miscalculation and bring the two military into direct conflict, same miscalculation the US is avoiding in Ukraine. Russia has 2 bases Hmeimin and Latakia, these two bases alone are effectively protected by 2 s400 after the Turkey incident. Syria uses ancient systems like s75, s125, s200, pan stir, and their most advanced is s300.
The screenshot and link below will effectively disprove your link and show it was the US out of fear of compromise that suggested to Turkey to give away the system which has been outrightly rejected by Turkey.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-suggested-turkey-transfer-russian-made-missile-system-ukraine-sources-2022-03-19/



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Air_Defense_Force

These are people that are wise not lyk that dunce in kremlin who doesn't care to destroy the whole world.

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