White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. government has delayed a long-planned test of the U.S. Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to avoid escalating tensions with China during Beijing’s show of force near Taiwan. conference on Thursday.
China launched dozens of planes and launched missiles into the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, a day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the autonomous island. China sees Taiwan as part of its territory and has never stopped using force to bring it under its control.
Kirby added that the US Air Force plans to do the test this week, but that the launch will be rescheduled in the near future, without specifying exactly what the new date will be.
– Kirby said that while China conducts destabilizing military exercises near Taiwan, the United States exhibits responsible nuclear power behavior, reducing the risk of miscalculation and misperception.
– We do not believe it is in our interest, in Taiwan’s interest, in the region’s interest to let the tensions escalate, so the long-planned Minuteman III ICBM test for this week has been postponed to the next future. “said.
In April, the US Army canceled testing of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The purpose of this delay was to reduce nuclear tensions with Russia during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
source: Noticias
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